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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Nicholaus Adam Jones, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Centerton, AR (US);
Thomas Edward Stiefel, Bentonville, AR (US);
WAL-MART STORES, INC., Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of managing inventory includes receiving, at an antenna operatively coupled to a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, product identification information encoded in an RF signal transmitted by a plurality of RFID tags. Each of the RFID tags is associated with a respective one of a plurality of products. The method further includes processing, by a processor, the product identification information contained in a portion of the encoded RF signal to identify a characteristic associated with each of the products, and identifying, by the processor using the product identification information, one of the products having a characteristic different from another one of the products. The method may include identifying a majority of the products having a characteristic in common based on the product identification information, and identifying at least one of the products having a characteristic different from the majority.