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Enabling communication between an inventory control system and a remote system over a network

US10217307B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 12, 2013
Grant dateFeb 26, 2019
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C9/00896
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The instant application describes an inventory control system including an object storage device including a drawer or a tray for housing objects; a sensing device configured to acquire an image including information about the objects stored in the object storage device; an interface circuitry in communication with the sensing device and configured to generate object data based on the image acquired by the sensing device; and a processor configured to provide an integrated network access and transmit the object data across a network using a Web Service as defined by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Web Service being a data link interface between the inventory control system and a remote system.

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