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US 12,254,444 B2Granted
System and method to attribute expiration dates and quantities of a product to a SKU code for pricing purposes
AssigneeWasteLess LTD
InventorOded Omer
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Abstract
A system and method to attribute expiration dates and quantities of a product to an SKU code for pricing purposes. This method applies dynamic pricing to perishable food items. Using bulk tagging capabilities, the supermarket can attribute expiration dates to items without the pain of actually tagging the items with stickers.
Claims18
A system to attribute expiration dates and quantities of an item to a SKU code for pricing purposes, the system comprising:
- a portable device comprising a scanner that scans a barcode on one of a plurality of items, wherein each item shares a Store Keeping Unit (SKU), wherein the portable device is configured to:
- automatically transmit the barcode to a server;
- receive, from the server, data associated with the barcode;
- display the data associated with the barcode on a screen of the portable device;
- receive an input for the item from a user via the screen of the portable device, wherein the input comprises an expiration date for the item;
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- transmit the expiration date to the server,
- wherein the server updates each item sharing the SKU with the expiration date;
- wherein the server calculates a new price for the item based on the expiration date, wherein the new price is attributable to each item sharing the SKU;
- wherein the data associated with the barcode is transmitted from the server to at least one of a consumer application executed on a computing device and an electronic shelf label (ESL) system.
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A method executed by a system to attribute expiration dates and quantities of an item to a SKU code for pricing purposes, the method comprising:
- utilizing a scanner of a portable device to scan a barcode on one of a plurality of items, wherein each item shares a Store Keeping Unit (SKU);
- automatically transmitting the barcode from the portable device to a server;
- receiving, from the server, data associated with the barcode;
- displaying the data associated with the barcode on a screen of the portable device;
- receiving an input for the item from a user via the screen of the portable device, wherein the input comprises an expiration date for the item;
- transmitting the expiration date to the server;
- updating, by the server, each item sharing the SKU with the expiration date;
- calculating, by the server, a new price for the item based on the expiration date, wherein the new price is attributable to each item sharing the SKU;
- wherein the data associated with the barcode is transmitted from the server to at least one of a consumer application executed on a computing device and an electronic shelf label (ESL) system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.