Patent ID: 7865264

Claim:
In a paint manufacturing system for manufacturing paint at a point of sale, a computer-implemented method for adding a component to a paint component container of the paint manufacturing system comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of the paint component containers, wherein each of the paint component containers contains a volume of paint component and wherein an amount and type of paint component needed to refill a paint component container is requested for at least one of the plurality of paint component containers, the amount of paint determined by a volume sensor coupled to the paint component container; generating a bar code that corresponds to the amount and type of paint component requested to be added to the paint component container; filling a tote with the amount and type of the paint component requested, placing the bar code on the filled tote, and transporting the tote to the paint component container; scanning the bar code to verify that the amount and type of paint component in the tote matches with the amount and type of paint component requested for the paint component container; and initiating pumping of the paint component from the tote to the paint component container upon verifying the bar code information matches the amount and type of paint component requested.