US 11,681,985 B2
Interactive inventory storage device, system, and method
Michael K. Rahilly, Encinitas, CA (US); Brendan John Burgess, Poway, CA (US); Ramkumar Subramanian, San Diego, CA (US); Mustafa Yusufi, Escondido, CA (US); and Monica Wyly, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/343,636.
Application 17/343,636 is a division of application No. 16/914,186, filed on Jun. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,113,661.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/937,177, filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/927,632, filed on Oct. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/867,841, filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0304135 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G06Q 10/047 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0728 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01); G07C 9/22 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G07C 2009/0092 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically updating electronically stored inventory in a bin, the method comprising:
providing an inventory device associated with a first moveable bin;
storing a local inventory of the first moveable bin in a non-volatile data store of the inventory device;
receiving, via a user interface associated with the first moveable bin, a first user input associated with an item type;
outputting, via a display device associated with the user interface, a visual representation associated with the local inventory of the first moveable bin;
electronically activating a communication interface device;
wirelessly synchronizing, via the activated communication interface device, the local inventory with one or more other inventory devices associated with one or more other respective bins geographically remote from the first moveable bin;
updating, based on inventory information wirelessly received during the synchronizing from the one or more other inventory devices, the local inventory to include at least a portion of the locations and inventories of the one or more other respective bins geographically remote from the first moveable bin; and
providing, via the display device, responsive to the first user input and based on the updated local inventory, a location of a bin storing the item type.