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US 2003/0212467 A1Published application
Article management method and system
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsMasaki Ogihara, Shojiro Asai
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Abstract
An article management method and system effectively using characteristic information of an article, wherein identifiers are provided for an article and a slip associated with the article, and article information of the article, the article identifier, and slip identifier are transmitted to a destination of the article. At the destination, a processing method for the received article is determined according to the article information specified in accordance with the slip identifier of the slip received together with the article.
Claims14
An article management system comprising:
- a first reader for reading out slip identification information from a slip associated with an article;
- a second reader for reading out article identification information attached to the article;
- a storage device for storing the article identification information and article information as to the article, the information being correlated to each other;
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- a transmitter for transmitting to a destination of the article via a network, the slip identification information, and the article identification information and the article information read out from said storage device.
2 more elements
An article management system comprising:
- a first reader for reading out slip identification information from a slip associated with an article;
- a second reader for reading out article identification information attached to said article;
- a storage device for storing the slip identification information, the article identification information and article information as to the article, the information being correlated with each other;
- means for reading out the article identification information and article information from said storage device according to the slip identification information read out by said first reader;
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- means for determining a designation of said article on the basis of a result of collation between the article identification information readout from said storage device and the article identification information read out by said second reader.
3 more elements
An article management system comprising:
- a first reader for reading out slip identification information of a slip associated with an article;
- a second reader for reading out article identification information attached to the article;
- a storage device for storing the article identification information, article information as to the article and the slip identification information, the information being correlated with each other;
- means for reading out the article information from said storing device according to slip identification information read out by said first reader;
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- means for determining a method of processing to be performed on the article, on the basis of the article information read out from the storage device.
3 more elements
An article management method comprising the steps of:
- inputting article identification information attached to an article to be shipped;
- reading out slip identification information from a slip associated with said article;
- storing article information and the identification information of the article to be shipped in a storage in association with each other;
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- transmitting, to a destination of the article via a network, the slip identification information read out from the slip, the article identification information and article information of the article which is corresponding to the slip and read out from the storage.
2 more elements
An article management method comprising the steps of:
- storing article information and identification information of an article, and slip information of a slip associated with the article in a storage, the information being correlated with each other;
- inputting the slip identification information read out from a slip associated with a received article;
- reading out the article identification information and the article information of the received article from said storage, according to the slip identification information input;
- inputting the article identification information attached to the received article with which the slip is associated;
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- determining a designation of the received article on the basis of a result of collation between the article identification information readout from said storage and the article identification information input.
3 more elements
An article management method comprising the steps of:
- storing slip identification information of a slip associated with an article, and article identification information and article information of the article in a storage device, the information being correlated with each other;
- inputting the slip identification information of the slip;
- reading out the article identification information and the article information of the article from said storage device according to the slip identification information input;
- inputting the article identification information attached to the article;
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- determining a processing method to be performed on the article on the basis of the article information corresponding to the input article identification information, that was read out from said storage device according to the slip identification information.
3 more elements
An article management method comprising the steps of:
- storing slip identification information of a slip associated with an article, and article identification information and article information of the article in a storage device, the information being correlated with each other;
- inputting the slip identification information of the slip when the article is received;
- reading out from said storage device, the article identification information and the article information of the received article corresponding to the slip identification information input;
- inputting the article identification information of the received article;
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- determining a destination of the received article on the basis of a result of collation between the article information read out and the article identification information input.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.