IP Library Granted Patent US 7,966,228
Granted Patent B2
US 7,966,228 · App. 11/412,871 · Granted Jun 21, 2011

Systems and methods for enabling information management incorporating a personal computing device

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Patent No.
US 7,966,228
App. No.
11/412,871
Granted
Jun 21, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums provide for storing location information of a plurality of products, receiving information from a remote electronic device, wherein the received information includes information relating to a position of the remote electronic device and identifying information of one of the plurality of products, and updating the location information of the one of the plurality of products with the position of the remote electronic device. Alternatively, systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums provide for obtaining location information of a plurality of products at an electronic device and position information of the electronic device, and transmitting the obtained location information of the one of the plurality of products and the position of the electronic device to a remote computing device, wherein the location information of the one of the plurality of products is updated at the remote computing device with the position of the electronic device.

Claims (40)

1. A method for automatically updating location information, comprising:

storing location information of a plurality of products;

receiving information from a remote electronic device, wherein the received information includes information identifying a position of the remote electronic device and identifying information of one of the plurality of products;

obtaining a current location of the one of the plurality of products;

comparing the current location with the position of the remote electronic device;

recording an exception when the current location of the one of the plurality of products is not within a predetermined distance from the position of the remote electronic device;

determining the current location of the one of the plurality of products should be updated when more than one exception is recorded; and

updating the location information of the one of the plurality of products with the position of the remote electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes:

flagging the one of the plurality of products as potentially requiring an updated location when one exception is recorded.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein updating the location of the one of the plurality of products with the position of the remote electronic device includes storing the current location of the one of the plurality of products and storing the updated location of the one of the plurality of products.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein received information identifying the position of the remote electronic device is not received from an RFID tag.

5. A computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, executed by a processor, to perform the method for automatically updating location information, the method comprising:

storing location information of a plurality of products;

receiving information from a remote electronic device, wherein the received information includes information identifying a position of the remote electronic device and identifying information of one of the plurality of products;

obtaining a current location of the one of the plurality of products;

comparing the current location with the position of the remote electronic device;

recording an exception when the current location of the one of the plurality of products is not within a predetermined distance from the position of the remote electronic device;

determining the current location of the one of the plurality of products should be updated when more than one exception is recorded; and

updating the location information of the one of the plurality of products with the position of the remote electronic device.

6. An apparatus for automatically updating location information, comprising:

a memory storing a set of instructions; and

a processor, executing instructions stored in memory, to perform a method for automatically updating location information, the method comprising:

storing location information of a plurality of products;

receiving information from a remote electronic device, wherein the received information includes information identifying a position of the remote electronic device and identifying information of one of the plurality of products;

obtaining a current location of the one of the plurality of products;

comparing the current location with the position of the remote electronic device;

recording an exception when the current location of the one of the plurality of products is not within a predetermined distance from the position of the remote electronic device;

determining the current location of the one of the plurality of products should be updated when more than one exception is recorded; and

updating the location information of the one of the plurality of products with the position of the remote electronic device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the method includes:

flagging the one of the plurality of products as potentially requiring an updated location when one exception is recorded.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein updating the location of the one of the plurality of products with the position of the remote electronic device includes storing the current location of the one of the plurality of products and storing the updated location of the one of the plurality of products.

9. A method for automatically updating location information, comprising:

obtaining location information of one of a plurality of products at an electronic device and a position of the electronic device;

transmitting the obtained location information of the one of the plurality of products and the position of the electronic device to a remote computing device;

obtaining a current location of the one of the plurality of products;

comparing the current location with the position of the electronic device;

recording an exception when the current location of the one of the plurality of products is not within a predetermined distance from the position of the electronic device; and

determining the current location of the one of the plurality of products should be updated when more than one exception is recorded, wherein the location information of the one of the plurality of products is updated at the remote computing device with the position of the electronic device.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2014
From: MERCATUS TECHNOLOGIES INC./TECHNOLOGIES MERCATUS INC.; MERCATUS USA INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 033168/0444 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 6, 2011
From: SPRINGBOARD RETAIL NETWORKS LICENSING SRL
To: 7748035 CANADA INC.
Reel/Frame 026086/0070 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 6, 2011
From: 7748035 CANADA INC.
To: MERCATUS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 026086/0081 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2006
From: PERRIER, R. SYLVAIN; HARPER, RUSSELL; HARRISON, ROBIN; FEDOROV, MICHAEL; ZHAO, JIANG; MONTUZENKO, DENYS; SEGAL, ROBERT; SPRINGER, HAROLD; LIST, JEREMY; LIST, LUCY
To: SPRN LICENSING SRL
Reel/Frame 017972/0420 →