Patent ID: 7857221

Claim:
A system for applying radio frequency identification tags on items on which are disposed respective barcodes, said system comprising: a processor; a plurality of representations of said items accessible by the processor, wherein each representation is associated with at least one of the barcodes and includes an indication of a predetermined position for placement of a said radio frequency identification tag on a said item corresponding to the at least one barcode; a barcode reader in communication with the processor; and a display in communication with the processor, wherein, when the barcode reader detects a first said barcode on a first said item, the barcode reader outputs a first signal to the processor identifying the first barcode, the processor receives the first signal, identifies a first said representation that is associated with the first barcode, and outputs to the display a second signal associated with the first representation, and the display receives the second signal associated with the first representation and displays the first representation.