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AssigneeEmerson Retail Services, Inc.
InventorsAbtar Singh, Thomas J. Mathews, Neal Starling, Paul Wickberg
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A system is provided for monitoring the food product of a remote food product retailer. The system includes a management center in communication with the remote food product retailer via a communication network. The communication network is accessible via a user interface that may be located at any of the management center, the remote location or some other location. The management center gathers food product temperature information and uses that information to determine whether the shelved food product is within acceptable food safety and quality limits. If the food product exceeds these limits, an alarm is sounded at either the management center and the remote location. The user interface is operable to monitor the status of the food product via a selection of screens and remotely respond to the alarms.
A method for indicating to a food product retailer a characteristic of food product stored within a retailer, comprising the steps of:
A method of predicting a shelf-life of food product type stored within a refrigeration case, comprising the steps of:
A system for monitoring food product of a remote location through a communication network, said system comprising a management center in communication with the remote location through the communication network, said management center receiving food product data from the remote location and determining a value from a variable bacteria count associated with the monitored food product.
A food retailer, comprising:
The food retailer of 23, wherein said refrigeration system includes a plurality of refrigeration circuits each including at least one refrigeration case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.