System and method of displaying random weight item information by electronic price labels

    公开(公告)号:AU764754B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-28

    申请号:AU4585899

    申请日:1999-09-01

    Applicant: NCR INT INC

    Abstract: The system includes a computer system coupled to the electronic price label (22), including a terminal (24) and a storage medium (26, 44) coupled thereto which contains an electronic price label data file (32), which contains identification information for an item. The computer terminal (24) reads the electronic price label data file (32) to obtain the identification information, determines therefrom whether the item is the random weight item, and, if the item is the random weight item, sends a message to the electronic price label (22) instructing the electronic price label (22) to display only unit price information. The message instructs the electronic price label (22) to display the unit price in a unit price portion of its display (56) and to either display the unit price in a total price portion of the display (56) also or to clear the total price portion.

    Method of locating electronic price labels in transaction establishments.

    公开(公告)号:ZA97673B

    公开(公告)日:1997-08-04

    申请号:ZA97673

    申请日:1997-01-27

    Applicant: NCR INT INC

    Abstract: A method of locating a misplaced electronic price label (19) in a transaction establishment which relies on known location information from other electronic price labels. The method includes the steps of receiving (64) a message from the misplaced electronic price label, determining (70) a first approximate location of the electronic price label from characteristics of the return message, selecting (72) other electronic price labels in proximity with the approximate location, receiving (74) messages from a number of the other electronic price labels whose locations are known, determining (76) which of the number of the other electronic price labels is closest to the electronic price label from characteristics of the messages from the number of the other electronic price labels, and determining (78) a second approximate location of the electronic price label based on the location of the closest electronic price label.

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    公开(公告)号:DE69810694D1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-20

    申请号:DE69810694

    申请日:1998-04-16

    Applicant: NCR INT INC

    Abstract: A scheduled price verification system and method which ensure that a scheduled price change has been scheduled for an electronic price label (EPL) (22) associated with an item. The system includes a storage medium (26) for storing an EPL data file (32) and a spool file (46), and a computer (12). The computer executes a scheduled price verifier program (38) which reads (62) the EPL data file to obtain identification information for the item associated with the EPL, reads (66) a price file to obtain a new price and a time that the new price is to be effective, reads (72) the spool file after the time to determine whether it contains a record of the one price change to the new price for the EPL, and schedules a price change message containing the new price if the spool file does not contain the record of the one price change to the new price for the EPL.

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