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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for labeling consumer items with unique identifiers
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Application No.: US15490269Application Date: 2017-04-18
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Publication No.: US09990605B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Mustafa A. Harcar , Andrew J. Rizkallah , Olivia H. Bozik , Bryan J. Rogers
- Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G06Q30/00 ; G06Q90/00 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06K7/10 ; G06K19/06

Abstract:
In some embodiments, methods of tracking uniquely labeled products are provided. An item representing one unit of a consumer product may be labeled with a unique label via automatically generating a random identifier unique to the item, associating the randomly-generated identifier with the item in a record of an electronic database, creating a label comprising a substrate and the randomly-generated identifier, applying the label to the item, and tracking the item via obtaining the randomly-generated identifier from the label. Products labeled with unique identifiers via such methods are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170300854A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LABELING CONSUMER ITEMS WITH UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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