US 12,169,818 B2
Simultaneously displaying new prices linked to products via an electronic price label system
Göran Sundholm, Tuusula (FI)
Assigned to MARIELLA LABELS OY, Vantaa (FI)
Appl. No. 16/097,965
Filed by MARIELLA LABELS OY, Vantaa (FI)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2017, PCT No. PCT/FI2017/050316
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 31, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/191359, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 9, 2017.
Application 16/097,965 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/146,322, filed on May 4, 2016, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2019/0147425 A1, May 16, 2019
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G09F 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/201 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0206 (2013.01); G09F 3/208 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for an electronic price label system, the electronic price label system comprising a plurality of electronic price labels, a base station controller, at least one base station and a product database in which products are listed, wherein the plurality of electronic price labels are electronic price labels which are attached to products, said method comprising the steps of:
automatically performing an inventory check or query of the products in a store that is scheduled periodically by the electronic price label system, and updating the product database regarding prices and quantities of a latest inventory obtained from the electronic price label system, new prices transmitted to the electronic price labels and information about changes of the products occurred since the latest inventory;
determining the new prices for a product, wherein the new prices are determined at least in part based on sales of the product or at least in part based on sales of a group of products, and the sales of the product or the sales of the group of products are determined based on the inventory check or query and/or by collecting product sales information from point-of-sale system;
sending the new prices of the product to a respective electronic price label of the plurality of electronic price labels linked to the product;
storing the received new prices of the product by the respective electronic price label, wherein the respective electronic price label comprises multiple memory locations for storing the received new prices of the product;
waiting by the electronic price labels for a price activation signal from the electronic price label system; and
changing a displayed price at the respective electronic price label to a received new price in response to receiving the price activation signal from the base station of the electronic price label system, all of the plurality of electronic price labels changing the displayed prices to the received new prices simultaneously in response to the price activation signal,
wherein the price activation signal is sent as a broadcast message from the base station of the electronic price label system,
wherein the plurality of electronic price labels are attached to the products, and
wherein the inventory check is carried out at a same time when transferring new prices to the electronic price labels, and is carried out based on received acknowledge messages from the electronic price labels for successful reception of the new prices.