Patent ID: 7146243

Claim:
A system for creating an item location directory to locate one or more specific items, which consists of: a.) a plurality of sets of different items, each set having at least one item therein, each set having a specified location, and each set having a unique item-identifying bar code, with at least one item of each set having said unique item-identifying bar code located thereon; b.) a plurality of specified locations, each location having at least one of said plurality of sets of different items located thereat, each location of said plurality of locations having one unique location-identifying bar code, each of said plurality of locations having said unique location-identifying bar code physically situated thereon, wherein said unique location-identifying bar code is a bar code which includes code for genus data and for species data; c.) at least one bar code reader for reading said item-identifying bar codes and said location-identifying bar codes; d.) at least one processor adapted to receive inputs from said at least one bar code reader; e.) sufficient programming within said processor to provide recognition, organization, storage and presentation of item-identification/corresponding location-identification data pairs obtained from said item-identifying bar codes and said location-identifying bar codes, so as to create an item location directory therefrom wherein said unique item-identifying bar code is a universal price code bar code.