Product management using electronic price labels
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsTraci N. Schweiger, Jill S. Runquist, Itti Jindani, Lew Price
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Abstract
A method is provided for managing item placement in a store. A count of electronic price labels (EPLs) is sent, by a processor, to a handheld device indicating a quantity of EPLs needed in a select portion of a planogram. An EPL identifier is received, by the processor, from the handheld device for each of the quantity of EPLs equal to the count. An item in the portion of the planogram is linked, by the processor, to each EPL. Placement information is sent, by the processor, to each electronic price label. The placement information corresponds with the linked item and is configured to be rendered on a display of each EPL.
Claims20
A method of managing item placement in a store comprising:
- sending, by a processor, a count of electronic price labels needed in a select portion of a planogram to a handheld device;
- receiving, by the processor, an electronic price label identifier for each of a quantity of electronic price labels equal to the count from the handheld device;
- linking, by the processor, an item in the portion of the planogram to each electronic price label;
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- sending, by the processor, placement information to each electronic price label in the count, the placement information corresponding with the linked item and configured to be rendered on a display of each electronic price label.
A method of managing item placement in a store comprising:
- comparing, by a processor, a count of existing electronic price labels in a planogram with a new count of electronic price labels in a revised planogram to determine whether there is a net increase in electronic price labels needed in the revised planogram;
- sending, by a processor, a count of the net increase of electronic price labels to a handheld device;
- receiving, by the processor, a new electronic price label identifier for each electronic price label in the count of the net increase of electronic prices labels from the handheld device;
- linking, by the processor, each existing electronic price label and each new electronic price label to a respective item in the revised planogram;
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- sending, by the processor, placement information to each existing electronic price label and to each new electronic price label, the placement information corresponding with the linked item and configured to be rendered on a display of the electronic price label.
A product management system comprising:
- a store server configured to access program modules related to price information, placement information and inventory information;
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- an electronic price label server wirelessly connected to a plurality of electronic price labels, the electronic price label server configured to relay information from the store server indicative of price information, placement information and inventory information to the plurality of electronic price labels such that the price information, placement information and the inventory information is renderable on a display for each of the plurality of electronic price labels;
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- wherein the placement information includes instructions indicative of a distance each electronic price label is to be placed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.