Patent ID: 7069239

Claim:
A method of tracking carriers at a warehouse facility comprising: collecting data relating to usage status of a plurality of carriers; providing the data to a computer system; and generating a screen display using the data provided to the computer system, the screen display including a display of a user selectable icon graphically representing one of the carriers, the user selectable icon including at least a graphical portion which represents the usage status of the carrier represented by the user selectable icon and is dynamically changeable in response to updated data provided to the computer system relating to the usage status of the carrier represented by the user selectable icon; wherein data relating to a department assignment of the carriers is collected and provided to the computer system, and the user selectable icon graphically representing the one of the carriers further includes another graphical portion which represents the department assignment of the carrier represented by the user selectable icon and is dynamically changeable in response to collected updated data relating to the department assignment of the carrier represented by the user selectable icon.