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- Patent Title: System and method for managing product inventory
- Patent Title (中): 用于管理产品库存的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13774575Application Date: 2013-02-22
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Publication No.: US08738474B1Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Michael McHugh , James Nicholas Finn
- Applicant: W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Lake Forest
- Assignee: W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Current Assignee: W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Lake Forest
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08
Abstract:
A system has a storage bin used to hold a product and a product storage rack intended to hold the storage bin. The storage bin is provided with a near field communication (NFC) tag device and the product storage rack is provided with a NFC antenna device cooperable with the NFC tag device. The NFC antenna device and the NFC tag device are used to determine a relative position of or orientation of the storage bin relative to the product storage rack for the purpose of automatically determining if replenishment of the product within the product storage rack is required.
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