Patent ID: 7810712

Claim:
A method for transporting items each being furnished with at least one character, which comprises the steps of: reading the at least one character on each of the items; measuring a value of a predefined feature for each of the items resulting in a measured feature value; storing for each of the items a data record containing the at least one character read on an item and the measured feature value; transporting each of the items with an aid of a transport device to a predefined intermediate point respectively; furnishing the transport device used for transportation to the predefined intermediate point with one label, the label having a machine-readable label identification; determining for each of the items, the transport device with which the items are transported resulting in a determined transport device; storing, for each transport device used, transport information as to which label identification the label has with which the transport device is furnished, and which items are transported with the aid of the transport device and the determination, executed for each of the items, of the transport device in which the item was transported, further comprises the steps of: reading, for each transport device used, the label identification of the label with which the transport device is furnished; and analyzing the transport information; performing a fresh measurement of what value the predefined feature assumes for each of the items after transportation to the predefined intermediate point; using the predefined feature value obtained in the fresh measurement for determining the data record stored for the item from among stored data records resulting in a determined data record, whereby in determining the data record for the item, a search-space restriction is implemented to the data records of the items which were transported in the determined transport device; and triggering further transportation of the item, depending on a particular read character which is contained in the determined data record.