Patent ID: 6762681
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B65G,G06Q

Abstract:
An order fulfillment system for use by a plurality of users in filling orders, comprising:a series of locations, wherein each location contains a plurality of items to be selected for placement into an order; a signaling arrangement associated with each location for providing a signal to the users that one or more items from the location are required for placement into an order; and an identifying arrangement associated with each location for ascertaining and recording the identity of each user that handles items for placement into the orders, wherein the identifying arrangement includes a unique identification member carried by a portion of each user's body involved in order filling, and a passive receiving and recording arrangement at each location which interacts with each identification member for ascertaining and recording the identity of each user that removes an item from the location for placement into an order, wherein the passive receiving and recording arrangement is configured and arranged to identify the use automatically only when said portion of the user's body carrying the unique identification member is in the vicinity of the location from which the item is being removed for placement into an order.