Patent ID: 8731708

Claim:
A computer-accessible storage medium, comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to implement: providing a list of items to be picked in 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 is coupled to an indicator; directing the agent in picking the items on the list of items from one or more locations in the materials handling facility into the two or more receptacles, wherein said directing comprises, for each item picked: receiving information identifying the picked item from a communications device, wherein the information identifying the picked item is read from the picked item into the communications device and sent by the communications device; determining a particular one of the two or more receptacles as a destination receptacle for the picked item in accordance with the information identifying the picked item received from the communications device; and sending a message to the mote on the destination receptacle for the item to activate the indicator coupled to the mote to indicate to the agent that the picked item is to be placed into the destination receptacle.