Patent ID: 6332098
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for staging and shipping articles of freight at a transfer facility comprising the steps of:placing on each of a plurality of articles of freight a radio frequency tag capable of receiving and storing transactional data regarding the article to which it is placed;determining at least the approximate weight and outer dimensions of each article of freight;transferring to and storing in said radio frequency tags transactional data representative of at least the weight, the outer dimensions, and the desired destination of the article of freight on which a respective radio frequency tag is placed;reading transactional data from each radio frequency tags as its associated article of freight is transferred from one location to another within the facility and storing the read transactional data in one or more memory devices;temporarily storing the articles of freight in an intermediate holding area, based on the transactional data and a programmed computer interconnected with a memory device storing said transactional data; andsequentially loading the articles of freight, based on the transactional data and a programmed computer interconnected with a memory device storing said transactional data.