INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD

摘要

Methods and systems for performing a plurality of different operations in relation to one or more of a plurality of items, each of said items having an item identification means associated therewith arranged to provide encoded item identification data relating to said item, said items also having an instruction means associated therewith arranged to provide instruction data, the system comprising receiving means arranged to receive instruction data from said instruction means associated with an item and item identification data from said item identification means associated with said item, and to make said instruction data and said item identification data available in an electronically-encoded form; and processing means arranged to select an operation from a plurality of different operations in dependence on said electronically-encoded instruction data and to perform said operation in relation to said item in dependence on said electronically-encoded item identification data.