# US 2022/0129839 A1 · System and method to attribute expiration dates and quantities of a product to a sku code for pricing purposes

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- Number: US 2022/0129839 A1
- Document ID: US20220129839A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/573,758
- Filed: 2022-01-12
- Published: 2022-04-28
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-05
- Assignees: WasteLess LTD
- Applicants: Wasteless Ltd.
- Inventors: Oded OMER
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220129839A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
- G06Q 20/085: {involving remote charge determination or related payment systems}
- G06Q 10/08776: {by management of storage life of perishable or hazardous products}
- G06Q 20/201: {Price look-up processing, e.g. updating}
- G06Q 20/202: {Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR}
- G09F 3/208: {Electronic labels, Labels integrating electronic displays}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system to attribute expiration dates and quantities of a product to a SKU code for pricing purposes, the system comprising:
a store application executed on a first computing device, the store application being configured to report shelf data associated with a product to a cloud storage component;
the cloud storage component comprising at least a dynamic pricing engine, the cloud storage component being configured to:
receive the shelf data associated with the product from the store application; and
store the shelf data; and
the dynamic pricing engine being configured to:
assess the shelf data associated with the product to determine a new price for the product; and
transmit the new price for the product to at least one of a consumer application executed on a second computing device and an electronic shelf label (ESL) system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the shelf data associated with the product is selected from the group consisting of: an amount of waste associated with the product during a time period, an inventory quantity associated with the product during the time period, a SKU number associated with the product, an expiration date of the product, and a sale amount of the product during the time period.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the cloud storage component further comprises:
a database;
an application programming interface (API); and
a CMS module.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the new price for the product is a discounted price for the product when the expiration date is close or approaching.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the store application is further configured to transmit the new price of the product to a printer via a communication method.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The system of claim 5, wherein the printer is configured to print a sticker or label associated with the new price of the product.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the sticker or label is affixed to the product, and wherein the sticker or label comprises a readable identification tag.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the readable identification tag is selected from the group consisting of: a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a barcode, a matrix barcode, and a data-enabled barcode.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The system of claim 5, wherein the communication method is selected from the group consisting of: a Bluetooth method, a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) method, a WIFI method, and a cellular method.

### Claim 10

A method executed by a system to attribute expiration dates and quantities of a product to a SKU code for pricing purposes, the method comprising:
transmitting, from a store application executed on a first computing device to a cloud storage component, shelf data associated with a product, wherein the cloud storage component comprises: a dynamic pricing engine, a database, an application programming interface (API), and a CMS module;
receiving, by the cloud storage component, the shelf data associated with the product from the store application;
storing, by the cloud storage component, the shelf data associated with the product;
assessing, by the dynamic pricing engine, the shelf data associated with the product to determine a new price for the product; and
transmitting, by the dynamic pricing engine, the new price for the product to at least one of a consumer application executed on a second computing device and an electronic shelf label (ESL) system.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the shelf data associated with the product is selected from the group consisting of: an amount of waste associated with the product during a time period, an inventory quantity associated with the product during the time period, a SKU number associated with the product, an expiration date of the product, and a sale amount of the product during the time period.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the new price for the product is a discounted price for the product when the expiration date is close or approaching.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising:
transmitting, by the store application, the new price of the product to a printer via a communication method.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, further comprising:
printing, by the printer, a sticker or label associated with the new price of the product.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein the sticker or label is affixed to the product, and wherein the sticker or label comprises a readable identification tag.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the readable identification tag is selected from the group consisting of: a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a barcode, a matrix barcode, and a data-enabled barcode.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the communication method is selected from the group consisting of: a Bluetooth method, a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) method, a WIFI method, and a cellular method.