Patent ID: 9613334
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A picking method, comprising: having a host computer with an output and a mobile device with an application program running on the mobile device; the host computer communicating with the mobile device thereby providing data defining the item or items of a plurality of orders, the data defining each order being provided individually using the output, at least some of the orders comprising a plurality of items in that order, the mobile device having an input receiving the data provided by the host computer defining the item or items for each order, the data defining each order being received individually and loading that data to the application program running on the mobile device, the application program providing data defining the items to be picked from the warehouse for the plurality of orders; the host computer discontinuing communication with the mobile device and an operator then picking items from the warehouse in response to said mobile device providing instructions from the application program of a sequence of locations to pick and the items to be picked at each location for the plurality of orders; and the host computer resuming communication with the mobile device and the application program on the mobile device communicating data to the host computer after the picking of the items for the plurality of orders in order to confirm that the items for the orders have been picked.