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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Dufl, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
William H. Rinehart, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Albert J. McGowan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael M. Gordon, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
DUFL, INC., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 7/10 (2013.01); G06K 19/07758 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G08B 13/1427 (2013.01);
Abstract
A register for counting and tracking items in a bag includes a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.