Patent ID: 9542664
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04B

Claim:
1. A stock monitoring system, for monitoring stock items in one or more storerooms, comprising: a first computer system, the first computer system including a database, data relating to stock items being stored in the database; a portable device, the portable device including a first processor and, coupled thereto, a first wireless transceiver for short-range communication, the portable device being configured to receive user inputs from a first user; and a second wireless transceiver, coupled to the first processor, the second wireless transceiver being configured for long-range wireless communications with the first computer system, remote from the portable device; an intermediate unit, the intermediate unit including a second processor and, coupled thereto, a reader and a wireless transmitter, the reader and/or wireless transmitter being configured for short-range communication; wherein the second processor is configured, upon reading the user ID from an ID card of the second user by the reader, for transmitting the user ID user via the wireless transmitter; wherein the first processor is configured for wherein the first processor is configured for transmitting to the first computer system, remote from the portable device via the second wireless transceiver, at least the item data, associated with the user ID.