Method and system for tracking clustered items
AssigneeSAMSys Technologies Inc.
InventorsClifford A. Horwitz, William E. Davidson
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Abstract
A method and system for tracking each item in a cluster of items. Each item has an associated item ID. The method and system involve the following steps. Storing a plurality of item records. The plurality of item records includes, for each item in the cluster of items, an associated item record for storing the associated item ID for the item. Each item record in the plurality of records is then linked to the other item records in the plurality of item records. Using the associated item record for each item in the threshold number of items, and the link between each item record and the other item records, the item records for the associated item ID of each item in the cluster that are not in the threshold number of items are determined.
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A method of tracking each item in a cluster of items, each item having an associated item ID, the method comprising:
- (a) storing a plurality of item records, the plurality of item records including, for each item in the cluster of items, an associated item record for storing the associated item ID for the item;
- (b) linking each item record in the plurality of item records to the other item records in the plurality of item records;
- (c) reading the associated item ID from each item in a threshold number of items in the cluster of items;
- (d) determining the associated item record for each item in the threshold number of items using the associated item ID from each item read in step (c);
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- (e) determining the associated item record for the associated item ID of each item in the cluster and not in the threshold number of items from the item records determined in step (d) using the link established in step (b).
A system for tracking each item in a cluster of items, each item having an associated item ID, the system comprising:
- (a) storage means for storing a plurality of item records, the plurality of item records including, for each item in the cluster of items, an associated item record for storing the associated item ID for the item;
- (b) linking means for linking each item record in the plurality of item records to the other item records in the plurality of item records;
- (c) reading means for reading the associated item ID from each line in a threshold number of items in the cluster of items;
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- (d) processing means for
- (i) determining the associated item record for each item in the threshold number of items using the associated item ID read by the reading means, and
- (ii) determining the associated item record for the associated item ID of each item in the cluster and not in the threshold number of items from the item records determined in step (d) (i) using the link established by the linking means in step (b).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.