Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Inventory management
Reexamination Certificate
2004-05-28
2009-10-13
Gart, Matthew S (Department: 3687)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Inventory management
C705S002000, C700S032000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07603299
ABSTRACT:
An automated receiving system for a distribution facility having at least one automated receiving door and at least one manual receiving door. The automated receiving system includes a scheduler and a transport system. The scheduler is configured to receive electronic shipment data representative of an incoming shipment of packages, to determine an unload score for the incoming shipment based on the electronic shipment data, and to cause the incoming shipment to be directed to either the at least one automated receiving door or the at least one manual receiving door based on the unload score. The transport system is configured to successively receive each package from the incoming shipment and to transport each package within the distribution facility.
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Holland Stacey
Rhodes John Andrew
Gart Matthew S
Griffiths & Seaton PLLC
Target Brands Inc.
Zare Scott A
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