Patent ID: 7516848

Claim:
A computer-accessible storage medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement: providing a list of items to be picked from a materials handling facility to an agent of the materials handling facility, wherein the list of items includes items for two or more destinations in the materials handling facility; assigning a receptacle to each of the two or more destinations for the items on the list of items, wherein each receptacle has a mote comprising a communications interface and coupled to a sensor configured to detect placement of an item in the receptacle; directing the agent in picking the items on the list of items from the materials handling facility into the two or more receptacles, wherein said directing comprises, for each item picked: receiving information from the mote on the one of the receptacles in which the item is placed indicating that the sensor detected placement of the item in the receptacle; determining if the item was placed in the correct receptacle assigned to the destination of the item in response to receiving said information; and if the item was placed in an incorrect receptacle, indicating to the agent that the item was placed in the incorrect receptacle.