| 摘要 |
Provided is a system and method for control of bailment inventory is disclosed. The method includes receiving a customer identifier and a bailment item from the customer. A digital identification device is stored with the bailment item. Subsequently, during check-out, the customer identifier is received for a second time and a signal is sent to the digital identification device causing it to alert the attendant, allowing the bailment items to be retrieved. Also provided is a method for control of bailment inventory, comprising the steps of: receiving a customer identifier for a first time from a customer, the customer identifier received for the first time on any of two or more input devices configured to receive the customer identifier, receiving from the customer at least one customer item for bailment; associating the customer identifier with a digital identification device; optionally attaching the digital identification device directly or indirectly to the bailment item; storing the bailment item with the attached digital identification device; receiving the customer identifier from the customer for a second time, the customer identifier received for the second time capable of being received on any of the two or more input devices; sending a signal to the digital identification device (DID) to cause an action that draws attention to the digital identification device; and retrieving the bailment item, wherein receiving the customer identifier for the first time and the second time can be with same or different of the two or more input devices. |
