Patent ID: 7797280
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented using a computer system, of managing a database of delivery destination information, comprising: identifying an item to be delivered to a particular destination; determining a batch comprising a plurality of items, each of the items of the batch to be delivered to one of a plurality of destinations, the batch being determined before delivery, the batch comprising the item to be delivered to the particular destination, the plurality of destinations comprising the particular destination; determining when all of the plurality of items in the batch have been delivered to their respective destinations; and based on the determination that all of the plurality of items in the batch have been delivered to their respective destinations, providing a single signal that all of the plurality of items in the batch have been delivered to their respective destinations; and indicating, based on the single signal, that every item in the batch is located at its respective destination.