Patent ID: 8095435
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for inventorying a material cabinet for use in cooperation with a plurality of articles stored in the material cabinet, each of the plurality of articles having a radio frequency identification tag attached thereto, the method comprising the steps of: receiving user/stock clerk input through a magnetic reader installed on the material cabinet; generating a user/stock clerk setup record in an inventory database stored in a computer system associated with the material cabinet; receiving and transmitting information via a plurality of antennas in communication with the computer system, wherein a radio frequency identification signal communicates with the plurality of articles checked-in or checked-out from the material cabinet; creating a transaction record for the user/stock clerk setup record and the first one of the plurality of articles checked-in or checked-out of the material cabinet, the record utilizing data from the inventory database stored in the computer system that matches a first unique data interpreted from the radio frequency identification signal; and altering status parameters relating to the cabinet inventory database as associated with a plurality of articles.