US 12,141,744 B1
Method and system for item tracking with real-time feedback
Andrew Goodwin, Northfield, MA (US); Ashish Aggarwal, Swanzey, NH (US); Jennifer Kircher, Rockville, MD (US); and Amanda Pirner, Keene, NH (US)
Assigned to C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., Keene, NH (US)
Filed by C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., Keene, NH (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/402,142.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,551, filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more computer readable storage media operably coupled to at least one of the processors; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the processors to cause the computing system to perform the actions of:
receiving an electronic communication comprising identifying information associated with an item from a scanning device, wherein the identifying information is stored in an item indicia;
determining whether special handling of the scanned item is required based on the identifying information associated with the item;
displaying, via a graphical user interface, a request to be provided with identifying information corresponding to all sub-items within said scanned item;
determining whether a provided quantity of sub-items matches an expected quantity of sub-items based on a comparison of said quantity of sub-items to the expected quantity of sub-items stored in a database of the system;
displaying, via the graphical user interface, a request to be provided identifying information of a confinement area;
receiving an electronic communication comprising the identifying information associated with said confinement area from the scanning device, wherein the identifying information is stored in a confinement area indicia;
determining one or more available positions for said item within said confinement area based on the identifying information of said confinement area;
displaying, via the graphical user interface, a visual depiction of one or more available positions for said item within said confinement area;
receiving an electronic communication comprising an indication of a selection of a position selected from the visual depiction of the one or more available positions within said confinement area, wherein the electronic communication is stored in the database of the system; and
determining whether a weight threshold associated with said confinement area is met or exceeded based on a comparison of the weight of one or more item positioned within the confinement area to the weight threshold of the confinement area stored in the database of the system; and
displaying, via the graphical user interface, an indication that said weight threshold is met or exceeded.