Appeal No. 2006-0987
Application 10/011,818
Claim 33 is illustrative:
A system for processing product movement requests including orders
and returns while maintaining a real-time accounting of product locations, including:
a network;
a first communication link connecting a first location to the network;
a second communication link connecting a second location to the
network; and
an information manager coupled to the network including a database of
product information; wherein in response to a product order from the first location,
the information manager sends an order confirmation message over the network to the
first location, causes the second location to send an order acknowledgement
card and the ordered product to the first location, and updates the database to
indicate that the ordered product was received by the first location upon return receipt
of the order acknowledgement card, and wherein in response to a request to return
product from the first location, the information manager sends a return
confirmation message over the network to the first location, sends a return
acknowledgement card to the first location, and updates the database to indicate
that the returned product was received by the second location upon receipt of the return
acknowledgement card and receipt of the returned product at the second
location;
whereby the information manager maintains in the database a confirmed
last known location for each product in the system.
THE REFERENCES
Klein 2001/0037248 A1 Nov. 1, 2001
(U.S. patent application publication)
Hoffman et al. (Hoffman) 2002/0073170 A1 Jun. 13, 2002
(U.S. patent application publication) (filed Apr. 18, 2001)
THE REJECTION
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