| 7040536 |
Electronic shelf label systems and methods |
| May-9-2006 |
An electronic shelf label including an LCD display, a housing including a protective at least partially transparent cover layer disposed over the LCD display and in spaced relationship thereto, and an... |
| 7039603 |
Settlement systems and methods wherein a buyer takes possession at a retailer of a product purchased using a communication network |
| May-2-2006 |
Settlement systems and methods are provided wherein a buyer takes possession of a product at a retailer. In one embodiment, a purchasing system arranges through a communication network for a buyer to purchase... |
| 7021535 |
Advertising compliance monitoring system |
| Apr-4-2006 |
An advertising compliance monitoring system is provided that includes a tag affixed to a sign or marketing material or shopper ID card, the tag communicating with a reader on a periodic basis. The tag... |
| 7016862 |
Method for enhancing security and providing assistance in the operation of a self-service checkout terminal |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A method of providing security during operation of a self-service checkout terminal includes the step of creating a transaction table which includes a plurality of records corresponding respectively to... |
| 7005962 |
Price label communication system |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Price label system comprising a price label system server connected to transceivers adapted to communicate price label information to price labels using a communication protocol. A predetermined number... |
| 6993498 |
Point-of-sale server and method |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method for use in marketing includes detecting, at the point-of-sale, a plurality of Uniform Product Codes associated with respective items purchased by a customer. The method also includes transmitting,... |
| 6970837 |
Methods and apparatus wherein a buyer arranges to purchase a first product using a communication network and subsequently takes possession of a substitute product at a retailer |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Purchasing system methods and apparatus are provided wherein a buyer purchases a first product through a purchasing system, such as by submitting a buyer offer. A retailer receives product redemption information... |
| 6954734 |
Method of producing, selling, and distributing articles of manufacture |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A method of selling articles of manufacture which utilizes an electronic communication system to identify a plurality of articles of manufacture, from a plurality of manufacturing entities, which are available... |
| 6928343 |
Shopper tracker and portable customer service terminal charger |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A system and method is disclosed for a shopping system, the system including a shopping cart including a plurality of wheels; a portable electronic device (e.g., a CST or POS terminal), coupled to the... |
| 6924743 |
Method and system for alerting customers in a shopping area |
| Aug-2-2005 |
An alert notification system for customers and sales personnel in a shopping area and a method of use is disclosed. In a first aspect, a system for alerting customers and sales personnel that merchandise... |
| 6907451 |
Method, apparatus, and system for immediate posting of changes in a client server environment |
| Jun-14-2005 |
According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which a first field and a second field of a data record are displayed to a user using a client program, the second field having... |
| 6897763 |
Retail signage management system |
| May-24-2005 |
A mobile retail signage management system includes a communication device capable of transmitting a specific location for which a corresponding sign needs to be positioned at the specific location; a portable... |
| 6892183 |
Method and apparatus for generating an item menu for use during operation of a self-service checkout terminal |
| May-10-2005 |
A method of displaying an item name having a first word, a second word, and a third word on an item list of an item selection menu of a retail terminal includes the step of displaying a first version of... |
| 6886745 |
Electronic label system for displaying prices in a sale outlet |
| May-3-2005 |
An electronic label system for displaying prices in stores comprises a central station and a plurality of distributed electronic labels. The central station provides pricing information to the electronic... |
| 6885287 |
Methods and apparatus for automatically locating an electronic shelf label |
| Apr-26-2005 |
An electronic price label (ESL) system with communication error correction is described. In one aspect, the ESL system automatically locates an ESL after the ESL fails to respond to a message. After a... |
| 6876975 |
System and method for handling alternate information on electronic price labels |
| Apr-5-2005 |
Systems and methods are disclosed for handling alternate information on electronic price labels. The system uses a price look-up file reader to determine the presence or absence of alternate data in a... |
| 6873968 |
System, method and computer program product for on-line real-time price comparison and adjustment within a detachable virtual shopping cart |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A price comparison and adjustment system can be used in the context of an Internet environment. The system is generally comprised of a server based browser, a shopping cart manager, an extract and verify... |
| 6870462 |
Remotely controlled power supply in an electronic label |
| Mar-22-2005 |
The present invention relates to a method and device for reducing the power consumption of an electronic label (1). The label (1) comprises control means (3) for supplying a transmitter (17) with power... |
| 6865544 |
Method of administering a rebate system |
| Mar-8-2005 |
In a method of administering a rebate system, rebate-related information is electronically transmitted from a rebate issuing entity and is received by a central processing authority. The rebate-related... |
| 6859786 |
System and method of displaying information by an electronic price label |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A system and method of displaying information by an electronic price label which uses thresholds to minimize the number of messages to an electronic price label. The system includes a record for an item... |
| 6851604 |
Method and apparatus for providing price updates |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A computer implemented method and system for providing price updates is provided. Data is received by a system. The received data is filtered by the system to identify triggers in the received data. Actions... |
| 6845363 |
POS terminal, method of controlling the POS terminal, POS system using the POS terminal, and information storage medium |
| Jan-18-2005 |
The POS system has at least one POS terminal (101) and a store controller (121) connected to the POS terminal. The POS terminal has a program storage device (107), a program updating device (106), a program... |
| 6816840 |
System and method of sending messages to a group of electronic price labels |
| Nov-9-2004 |
An electronic price label (EPL) system which is capable of communicating with a group of EPLs. The system includes the group of EPLs, which is less than the total number of EPLs within a transaction establishment,... |
| 6803926 |
System and method for dynamically adjusting data values and enforcing valid combinations of the data in response to remote user input |
| Oct-12-2004 |
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for dynamically adjusting data values and preventing conflicts in response to remote user input. Namely, the system and method provides a remote... |
| 6799721 |
Contact-free display peripheral device for contact-free portable object |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A peripheral display device for a portable contactless object such as a smart card (10) enabling information associated with the use of this portable object to be displayed. This peripheral device includes... |
| 6795809 |
Method and apparatus for logging system test data in a POS system |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A system for automatically distributing discount coupons or certificates in a retail store, conditioned on a preselected combination of present and past shopping behavior of a customer whose order is being... |
| 6792292 |
Portable information communication terminal, entertainment system, and storage medium |
| Sep-14-2004 |
A portable information communication terminal can easily be combined with an existing industrial system. Article discount information is broadcast from a central computer of the headquarters of a convenience... |
| 6764002 |
System and method of displaying random weight item information by electronic price labels |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A system for displaying price information for a random weight item which detects the random weight item and instructs an electronic price label to only display unit price information for the random weight... |
| 6754636 |
Purchasing systems and methods wherein a buyer takes possession at a retailer of a product purchased using a communication network |
| Jun-22-2004 |
Purchasing systems and methods are provided wherein a buyer takes possession of a product at a retailer. A purchasing system may communicate with a buyer through a communication network to establish a... |
| 6748365 |
Method and system for redeeming product marketing rebates |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A system and method for processing product marketing rebate claims submitted by a consumer in satisfaction of a rebate offer, the consumer having purchased designated products in a qualified transaction... |
| 6731197 |
Methods and apparatus for providing display of bagging indicator on electronic price labels |
| May-4-2004 |
Techniques for cost effectively displaying a bagging indicator by an electronic price label (EPL) are described. An EPL computer reads an EPL data file to determine if an item contains a bagging indicator.... |
| 6715675 |
Electronic shelf label systems and methods |
| Apr-6-2004 |
This invention discloses an electronic shelf label including an LCD display, a housing including a protective at least partially transparent cover layer disposed over the LCD display and in spaced relationship... |
| 6701486 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for automatic page suppression in forms |
| Mar-2-2004 |
Disclosed are methods for reducing the number of "pages", e.g. HTML, JavaScript/ECMA Script, or XML documents or the like, in forms-based transaction applications. One disclosed method involves using dynamic... |
| 6696920 |
Method of changing an electronic price label display sequence |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A method of changing a display sequence of an electronic price label which uses two commands to add and remove information from a display sequence. The method includes the steps of formulating a change... |
| 6669832 |
Electronic transaction system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A request for a commodity that each office in an organization needs is sent from a terminal in the office to a general affairs service center in the organization. The request is then sent to a VAN center... |
| 6662165 |
Electronic price label system promotional information verifier |
| Dec-9-2003 |
An electronic price label (EPL) promotional information verification system which ensures that promotional information for an item obtained from a promotional information file is equal to other promotional... |
| 6658460 |
Computer based system for evaluating a particular natural resource property |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A computer based system for evaluating particular natural resource property includes a remotely located client computer based device having means for remote communication and software for generating a... |
| 6626359 |
Methods and apparatus for reduced electronic shelf label power consumption |
| Sep-30-2003 |
An electronic shelf label (ESL) system with having a reduced power consumption ESL is described. In one aspect, the ESL system extends battery life and increases the time between battery replacements by... |
| 6625579 |
Electronic cash register wherein special registration processes are specified by changing product department values |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A purpose of this invention is to totalize, store, and check special sales information concerning special customers or special purchasers, etc. Sales information of registered merchandise is totalized... |
| 6625580 |
Wireless order and delivery system |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A store system has a goods display area for displaying samples of goods, and a goods storage for stocking the goods to be handed, whereby a waiting time till the goods are received is reduced. A customer... |
| 6624757 |
Shelf pricing display apparatus |
| Sep-23-2003 |
An electronic display strip is attached to the shelf front of retail shelves, each shelf having an address code assigned through a control computer. Display fields of variable locations and lengths within... |
| 6598024 |
Method and system for processing supplementary product sales at a point-of-sale terminal |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A POS terminal determines an upsell to offer in exchange for the change due to a customer in connection with a purchase. The point-of-sale terminal preferably maintains a database of at least one upsell... |
| 6598029 |
Bidding for energy supply with request for service |
| Jul-22-2003 |
An auction service is provided that stimulates competition between energy suppliers (i.e., electric power or natural gas). A bidding moderator (Moderator) receives bids from the competing suppliers of... |
| 6584449 |
Time-stamping of merchandise prior to sale |
| Jun-24-2003 |
A system for ascertaining prices of merchandise. Items of merchandise are labeled by Electronic Price Labels, EPLs. The prices stated by the EPLs can change, as when a sales promotion takes effect. If... |
| 6574608 |
Web-based system for connecting buyers and sellers |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A Web-based buyer-driven system of commerce efficiently and inexpensively connects buyers and sellers. In general, the system includes a Web site globally accessible by potential buyers and sellers. Potential... |
| 6564189 |
Universal methods and apparatus for determining prices and rewards within retail transactions |
| May-13-2003 |
A universal price/reward system for determining product prices or reward values. The system disclosed is implemented by utilizing a table of prices, reward information, or the like distinct from a POS... |
| 6553350 |
Method and apparatus for pricing products in multi-level product and organizational groups |
| Apr-22-2003 |
The system organize various pricing tables and price adjustment tables and various products and purchasing organizations based on "who" (i.e. which purchasing organization) is purchasing "what" (i.e. which... |
| 6553349 |
System and method of applying price changes in an electronic price label system |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A system and method of applying price changes which minimizes price look-up file access attempts by using a separate file for daily price change information, including a new price, a date, a start time,... |
| 6552739 |
Wire-mesh selection internet website |
| Apr-22-2003 |
The present invention is an Internet wire-mesh merchandising system that comprises a webserver for generating a web presence. Potential customers looking to select and buy wire mesh are allowed to log-on... |
| 6542873 |
System and method for using an enhanced external data interface to display data in EPL systems |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A system and method are disclosed for using an enhanced external data interface to display data in electronic price label (EPL) systems. The enhanced external data interface (EDI) responds to various stimuli... |
