Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Inventory management
Reexamination Certificate
2001-07-24
2010-06-01
Frenel, Vanel (Department: 3687)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Inventory management
C705S410000, C705S400000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07729957
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for providing attribute verification (330) consistent with the invention includes obtaining the attributes (320) of the item prior to placing the item in a delivery system (350), verifying correctness of the attributes (320), and transmitting an indication of the correctness of the attributes to a delivery system operator over a communications system (340).
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Bakshi Paul
Blalock John
Dvonch Robert
Foster Dana
Galaher Robert
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner, LLP
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