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US 10,482,417 B2Granted
Item identifier assignment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSteven J Simske, A. Marie Vans, Malgorzata M Sturgill, Mark Jacobsen, Mick Keyes
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to item identifier assignment. For example, a processor may create a mass serialization scheme to provide a list of item identifiers to allow a subset of the identifiers to be knocked out. Each item identifier may associated with multiple containers, and each container may include two item identifiers relating to the sequence of item identifiers included within the container.
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A computing system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that are executable to cause the processor to:
- create a set of sequential item identifiers for a first container and items to be included within the first container;
- assign the item identifiers to the first container and the items to be included in the first container by assigning a first item identifier in the sequential item identifiers to the first container, assigning next item identifiers subsequent to the first item identifier in the sequential item identifiers to the items to be included in the first container, and assigning a last item identifier in the sequential item identifiers to the first container, wherein each of the item identifiers in the set of sequential item identifiers relates to the first container and a second container;
- physically attach the assigned item identifiers to the first container and the items, and cause the items to be placed in the first container;
- determine a total number of items supposed to be in the first container based on the first item identifier and the last item identifier of the first container;
- compare the total number of items supposed to be in the first container to a total number of items present in the first container to determine whether any item is missing from the first container;
- and
- in response to a determination that one of the items is missing from the first container, attach a new item identifier to a new item and cause the new item to be placed in the first container to replace the missing item.
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A method, comprising:
- creating, by a processor, a list of sequential item identifiers, wherein each of the item identifiers relates to two container identifiers, including to a first container identifier of a first container;
- assigning, by the processor, a first item identifier in the sequential item identifiers to the first container;
- assigning, by the processor, next item identifiers subsequent to the first item identifier in the sequential item identifiers to items to be included in the first container;
- assigning, by the processor, a last item identifier in the sequential item identifiers to the first container;
- physically attaching, by the processor, the assigned item identifiers to the first container and the items and causing the items to be placed in the first container;
- determining, by the processor, a total number of items supposed to be in the first container based on the first item identifier and the last item identifier of the first container;
- comparing, by the processor, the total number of items supposed to be in the first container to a total number of items present in the first container to determine whether any item is missing from the first container;
- and
- in response to a determination that one of the items is missing from the first container, attaching, by the processor, a new item identifier to a new item and causing the new item to be placed in the first container to replace the missing item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.