Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers
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Application No.: US16169933Application Date: 2018-10-24
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Publication No.: US10885496B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Ranjeet Sonone , Faisal Masud , M. Steven Walker
- Applicant: Staples, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Framingham
- Assignee: Staples, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Staples, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Framingham
- Agency: VLP Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; H04L29/08 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular button of a set of interchangeable buttons communicatively coupled with the local hub, the local hub being communicatively coupled with a remote server. The local hub may transmit a signal including a button ID of the particular button to the remote server based on the particular button being activated and the local hub receiving the actuation signal from the particular button. In some implementations, the remote server may determine an item associated with the particular button and attributes of the item based on the button ID of the particular button and a mapping of button IDs to items in a database accessible by the remote server, and execute a defined action using the attributes of the item associated with the particular button.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190122169A1 RESTOCKING HUB WITH INTERCHANGEABLE BUTTONS MAPPED TO ITEM IDENTIFIERS Public/Granted day:2019-04-25
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