# US 7,613,618 B2 · Quality assurance in a delivery report > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,613,618 B2 - Document ID: US7613618B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/544,935 - Filed: 2006-10-10 - Published: 2007-04-12 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2005-10-11 - Assignees: Florists' Transworld Delivery, Inc. - Inventors: Tony Dillon; Larry Johnson; Larry Rubin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7613618B2 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0603: {Catalogue creation or management} - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method includes capturing an image of a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist and sending a report from the filling florist to a sending florist, the report including the image of the arrangement and an order number. A computer is controlled to capture an image of a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist, and to send a report from the filling florist to a sending florist. The report includes the image of the arrangement and an order number. A computer readable medium has program modules to control a computer. The computer is controlled to capture an image of a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist, and to send a report from the filling florist to a sending florist. The report including the image of the arrangement and an order number. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: identifying an indicia of a flower arrangement with a computer at a location of a filling florist, extracting data from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement with a computer at the location of said filling florist, capturing an image of said flower arrangement with a computer at the location of said filling florist; and sending a report from a computer at the location of said filling florist to a sending florist, the report including the captured image of said flower arrangement, and data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, wherein identifying an indicia of a flower arrangement includes at least one of reading an RFID tag associated with said flower arrangement, reading a bar code associated with said flower arrangement, reading optical characters associated with said flower arrangement, or reading features of the flower arrangement from a captured image of said flower arrangement; and extracting data from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement includes at least one of extracting data read from the RFID tag associated with said flower arrangement, extracting data read from the bar code associated with said flower arrangement, extracting data read from the optical characters associated with said flower arrangement or extracting data read from features of the flower arrangement identified in the captured image of said flower arrangement. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, wherein the sending of the report includes encoding the data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement in the image sent in the report. ### Claim 4 A computer comprising a processor coupled to a memory where the computer is configured to identify an indicia of a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist, extract data from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement, capture an image of said flower arrangement and to send a report from the filling florist to a sending florist, the report including the captured image of said flower arrangement and data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A computer according to claim 4, wherein: the computer is further controlled to capture an order number; and the report further includes the order number. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A computer according to claim 5, which identifies the indicia of a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist by at least one of: an RFID tag reader; a bar code reader; an optical character reader; or a digital camera; and extracts data from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement read by said RFID tag reader; bar code reader: optical character reader; or digital camera; with a program. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) A computer according to claim 5, wherein the report includes data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement encoded in the image sent in the report. ### Claim 8 A computer readable medium having program modules to control a computer to identify an indicia of a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist, to extract data from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement, to capture an image of said a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist, and to send a report from the filling florist to a sending florist, the report including the captured image of said flower arrangement and the data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A computer readable medium according to claim 8, further including a program module to capture an order number, the report further including the order number. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A computer readable medium according to claim 9, which includes a program module to identify the indicia of a flower arrangement at a location of a filling florist by at least one of: reading an RFID tag; reading a bar code; reading optical characters, or identifying features of the flower arrangement from said captured image and extract data from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement read from at least one of said RFID tag, said bar code, said optical characters or said identifying features of the flower arrangement from said captured image. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A computer readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the report includes data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement encoded in the image sent in the report. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1 wherein the data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement is the order number. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) A computer as in claim 4 wherein the data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement is the order number. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) A computer readable medium according to claim 8 wherein the data extracted from the identified indicia of said flower arrangement is the order number. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) A method according to claim 2 wherein the identified indicia of said flower arrangement is an RFID tag associated with said flower arrangement. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) A method according to claim 2 wherein the identified indicia of said flower arrangement comprises a bar code within the captured image of said flower arrangement. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) A method according to claim 2 wherein the identified indicia of said flower arrangement comprises optical characters within the captured image of said flower arrangement. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) A method according to claim 2 wherein the identified indicia of said flower arrangement comprises the features of the flower arrangement within the captured image of said flower arrangement. ### Claim 19 (depends on 6) A computer according to claim 6, wherein the identified indicia of said flower arrangement is at least one of an RFID tag associated with said flower arrangement, a bar code within the captured image of said flower arrangement, optical characters within the captured image of said flower arrangement, or features of the flower arrangement within the captured image of said flower arrangement. ### Claim 20 (depends on 10) A computer readable medium according to claim 10, wherein the identified indicia of said flower arrangement is at least one of an RFID tag associated with said flower arrangement, a bar code within the captured image of said flower arrangement, optical characters within the captured image of said flower arrangement, or features of the flower arrangement within the captured image of said flower arrangement.