Point of supply use distribution process and apparatus
June 6, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMedicine dispenser for home health care Medication dispensing system Patient identification and verification system and method Portable handheld terminal Order entry and inventory control method Medication dispenser station Inventory control method and system 5237495 5291399 Method and system for inventoring a distributed plurality of items on a supply InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 468134 filed on 06/06/1995US Classes:705/10, Market analysis, demand forecasting or surveying705/28Inventory managementExaminersPrimary: Weinhardt, Robert A.Assistant: Tkacs, Stephen R. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 015/00AbstractA method using a central computer and work station for managing inventory. To dispense inventory to consumers, a system user is issued a card imprinted with a personal user bar code. This user bar code is read into the computer and subsequently verified through the entry of individual user access data to ensure the user is authorized. To issue an item to a consumer, the user must next identify through an input means the particular consumer to whom the item is to be issued. The item to be issued is imprinted with an item bar code. After identifying the consumer, the item bar code is read into the work station and converted to issued-item data. The issued-item data is communicated from the work station to the central computer, where the issued item is decremented from inventory data. The central computer then determines whether each issued item is chargeable to the particular consumer. If the issued-item data is determined to be chargeable to the particular consumer, then the issued-item data is recorded as a charge to that consumer. Finally, the central computer determines when and in what quantity to replenish each item from the inventory data. A replenishment order is processed by the central computer, and the replenishment order is transmitted to a vendor.Other References
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