Patent ID: 7689465

Claim:
A method, comprising: picking a plurality of finished inventory items from an inventory stock storage area of finished inventory items in an order fulfillment center to fulfill an order from a customer, wherein the plurality of finished inventory items for the order include at least one of: a book, a food item, a bottle of wine, flowers, or jewelry; sorting out from among other picked finished inventory items, the plurality of finished inventory items for the order, including the at least one book, food item, bottle of wine, flowers, or jewelry; subsequent to said picking and said sorting, capturing one or more images of the plurality of finished inventory items for the order, wherein the captured one or more images show a plurality of the finished inventory items for the order in or being placed into a final shipping container for shipment prior to the final shipping container being sealed for shipment, wherein: each one of the finished inventory items for the order is individually visible in the captured one or more images; and the captured one or more images are captured within the order fulfillment center prior to the final shipping container being loaded onto a carrier for shipping; associating the captured one or more images with the order; and making available to the customer associated with the order an electronic notification that the order has been processed, wherein the electronic notification references one or more images for the order, including one or more of the captured one or more images.