Patent ID: 8346630

Claim:
A computing system implemented process for verifying inventory in sub-sets using trigger parameters comprising: two or more computing processors; and two or more memories coupled to the two or more computing processors, the two or more memories having computing processor executable instructions which when executed by the two or more processors, perform a process comprising: obtaining identification data representing first inventory item; storing the identification data representing the first inventory item; defining priority status trigger events for the first inventory item, each of the priority status trigger events for the first inventory item having a type and a severity, wherein the process is configured to manage each of following priority status trigger events depending on whether a given one of the triggers is defined by the user for a given inventory item: units of the inventory item being handled more than a threshold number of times; electronic data regarding the inventory item being changed more than a threshold number of times; a discrepancy between a physical inventory count of the inventory item and an electronic count of the inventory item occurring more than a threshold number of times; and a period of time between physical inventory counts of the inventory item being longer than a threshold maximum period of time; creating data representing the priority status trigger events for the first inventory item; storing the data representing the priority status trigger events for the first inventory item; monitoring events involving one or more units of the first inventory item; comparing data representing the monitored events involving one or more units of the inventory item with the data representing the priority status trigger events for the first inventory item; detecting one or more priority status trigger events for the first inventory item involving one or more units of the inventory item; and setting a status of the first inventory item as priority verify status, thereby designating the inventory item as an inventory item requiring a prioritized physical verification inventory count.