Electronic shelf label system and communications method thereof

An electronic shelf label system comprising:

• an NFC card apparatus including an NFC chip having an identification (ID) and performing purchasing reservation through NFC communications;
• plurality of electronic tags each including an NFC chip and wirelessly transmitting purchasing reservation information including the identification (ID) of the NFC card apparatus and product information when the purchasing reservation from the NFC card apparatus through the NFC communications is present;
• a management apparatus providing the product information to each of the plurality of electronic tags, receiving the purchasing reservation information from the electronic tag, and managing the purchasing reservation information for each identification (ID) included in the purchasing reservation information;
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• a payment apparatus managing the purchasing reservation information from the management apparatus for each identification (ID) and paying for a product for each identification (ID).

A communications method of an electronic shelf label system, comprising:

• receiving, by each of a plurality of electronic tags, a request for purchasing reservation from an NFC card apparatus through NFC communications;
• recognizing an identification (ID) of the NFC card apparatus and wirelessly transmitting purchasing reservation information including the identification (ID) and product information to a management apparatus, at the time of receiving the request for the purchasing reservation;
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• receiving, by the management apparatus, the purchasing reservation information from the electronic tag and managing the purchasing reservation information for each identification (ID) included in the purchasing reservation information.

A communications method of an electronic shelf label system, comprising:

• receiving, by each of a plurality of electronic tags, a request for purchasing reservation from an NFC card apparatus through NFC communications;
• recognizing an identification (ID) of the NFC card apparatus and wirelessly transmitting purchasing reservation information including the identification (ID) and product information to a management apparatus, at the time of receiving the request for the purchasing reservation;
• receiving, by the management apparatus, the purchasing reservation information from the electronic tag, storing the purchasing reservation information for each identification (ID) included in the purchasing reservation information, and transmitting the purchasing reservation information for each identification (ID) to a payment apparatus;
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• receiving, by the payment apparatus, the purchasing reservation information from the management apparatus, and paying for a product for each identification (ID).

A communications method of an electronic shelf label system comprising:

• receiving, by each of a plurality of electronic tags, a request for purchasing reservation from an NFC card apparatus through NFC communications;
• recognizing an identification (ID) of the NFC card apparatus and wirelessly transmitting purchasing reservation information including the identification (ID) and product information to a gateway, at the time of receiving the request for the purchasing reservation;
• transferring, by the gateway, the purchasing reservation information to a server;
• storing, by the server, the purchasing reservation information, and transmitting the purchasing reservation information to a payment apparatus, when the identification (ID) included in the purchasing reservation information from the gateway and a pre-registered ID coincide with each other;
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• receiving, by the payment apparatus, the purchasing reservation information from the management apparatus, and paying for a product for each identification (ID).