Patent ID: 8868519

Claim:
A method of generating check data for a specific location within a specific area of a workspace that has a plurality of areas and respective locations associated with those areas, the locations each having identifiers, comprising: receiving a respective location identifier and area identifier for a selected location of a selected area wherein a combination of the location identifier and the area identifier has check data associated therewith; generating candidate check data for use with the selected location of the selected area; evaluating the candidate check data and determining if it is a duplicate of existing check data for the selected location and further determining if the candidate check data is a duplicate of the following: existing check data for a different location with the same location identifier as the selected location, but having a different area identifier; existing check data for a location with an existing location identifier that is anagrammatic with respect to the location identifier of the selected location and having the same area identifier as the selected location; and existing check data for another location within said selected area, said another location having another location identifier that is different by a single character with respect to the location identifier of the selected location; and based on the evaluation, determining whether the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location such that if no duplicate is found in the evaluation, determining that the candidate check data is acceptable for use for the selected location and if a duplicate is found, determining that the candidate check data is unacceptable for use for the selected location.