Patent ID: 7978060

Claim:
An identification system for recognizing at least one item signal emitting device operating at a first frequency and affixed to at least one item, the system comprising: at least one support member, including: (i) at least one support surface configured to support the at least one item thereon; and (ii) at least one support member signal emitting device operating at a second, different frequency and affixed to the at least one support member; and a local signal recognition system, including: (i) a signal receiving device communicating with the at least one support member and configured to receive signals emitted from the at least one item signal emitting device, the at least one support member signal emitting device or any combination thereof; and (ii) a control device for receiving, processing and transmitting signals; a network system, including: (i) a signal receiving device configured to receive signals emitted from at least one of: the local signal recognition system, the at least one item signal emitting device, the at least one support member signal receiving device, or any combination thereof; (ii) a control device for receiving, processing, and transmitting signals; and software configured to: generate at least one manifest associated with at least one of the following: the at least one item, the at least one support surface, at least one shipping container associated with the at least one item or the at least one support surface, or any combination thereof; and locally store and associate the at least one manifest with at least one of the following: the at least one item, the at least one support surface, at least one shipping container associated with the at least one item or the at least one support surface, or any combination thereof; wherein the at least one manifest includes at least one of the following: a shipping container identity, an item identity, a support member identity, a signal emitting device identity, data associated with a container, data associated with an item, data associated with a support member, data associated with a signal emitting device, a default inventory, an updated inventory, an item inventory, a support member inventory, user data, access data, user/item association data, user/support member association data, user/shipping container data, a default data set, an updated data set, shipping data, location data, point-of-origin data, destination data, product data, expiry data, recall data, product demand data, condition data, system data, environmental data, sensed condition data, sensed characteristic data, physical state data, physical condition data, chemical state data, chemical condition data, status data, warning data, or any combination thereof; wherein the signal receiving device of the local signal recognition system is configured to receive and read signals emitted from the at least one item signal emitting device operating at the first frequency and the at least one support member signal emitting device operating at the second frequency simultaneously.