Item status tracking
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorsJohn Gullo, Jason Hugo, Shea R. Felix, Mark J. Briganti
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Abstract
A method and system for tracking the status of a label. The system can include a memory with a database. The database can include an indicator of the label status. The system can additionally include a processor that operates in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The processor can receive a request to generate a label, update the first database with an identifier that indicates the existence of the label, receive a signal indicating that a service requested by the label has been provided, and update the identifier in the first database to indicate that the requested service has been provided.
Claims14
A system for tracking label status, the system comprising:
- a first database comprising label information, wherein the label information comprises an identifier indicating the status of the label;
- a processor, implemented at least partially by hardware, operating in accordance with instructions stored in a memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- cause generation of the label, wherein the label includes requested services information;
- update the identifier in the first database to indicate existence of the label;
- record a time indicative of the generation of the label;
- receive a signal indicating that the label has been scanned;
- determine, in response to the received signal, whether the label has been scanned within a predetermined time period from the time indicative of the generation of the label;
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- if the label has been scanned within the predetermined time period, update the identifier in the first database to indicate that a service identified in the requested services information has been provided, and if the physical label has not been scanned within the predetermined time period, update the identifier in the first database to indicate that the predetermined time period has passed.
A method of tracking label status, the method comprising:
- generating a label, wherein the label includes requested services information;
- recording a time indicative of generation of the label;
- updating a status in a first database to indicate the generation of the label;
- receiving a signal indicating that the label has been scanned;
- determining, in response to the received signal, whether the label has been scanned within a predetermined time period from the time indicative of the generation of the label;
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- if the label has been scanned within the predetermined time period, updating the status in the first database to indicate that a service identified in the requested services information has been provided, and if the physical label has not been scanned within the predetermined time period, updating the status in the first database to indicate that the predetermined time period has passed.
A system configured to track label status, the system comprising:
- means for generating a label, wherein the label includes requested services information;
- means for recording a time indicative of generation of the label;
- means for updating a status in the first database to indicate the generation of the label;
- means for receiving a signal indicating that the label has been scanned;
- means for determining, in response to receiving the signal, that the label has been scanned within a predetermined time from the time indicative of generation of the label;
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- means for updating the identifier, in the first database, if the label has been scanned within the predetermined time period, to indicate that a service identified in the requested services information has been provided, and if the label has not been scanned within the predetermined time period, to indicate that the predetermined time period has passed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.