ELECTRONIC PRICE LABEL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:JP2000030151A

    公开(公告)日:2000-01-28

    申请号:JP11469198

    申请日:1998-04-24

    Applicant: NCR INT INC

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a system for processing sales promotion data from a host computer by storing the sales promotion data in an EPL(electronic price label) data file maintained by the EPL system. SOLUTION: Host sales promotion data are down-loaded to an EPL computer (62). The recording of the host sales promotion data are read (64). The recording is checked for judging whether or not an EPL is related with the PLU number of the recording (66). The format of the recording of the host sales promotion data is checked (68). The host sales promotion data are re-formatted to a format in which the host sales promotion data can be easily inputted to an EPL data file (70). The recording is stored in the EPL data file (72). EPL software reads the EPL data file and transmits the data to the EPL. Conversion software judges whether or not the recording is the last recording of the host sales promotion data (74).

    ELECTRONIC PRICE LABEL SYSTEM, AND ITS GROUPING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:JPH11219112A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-10

    申请号:JP30749698

    申请日:1998-10-28

    Applicant: NCR INT INC

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily use an electronic price label in the case of sales promotion for a commodity not put on a standard merchandise display rack. SOLUTION: This invention provides a divice for grouping electronic price labels(EPL) 22A to form an electronic price label system containing plural groups of the electronic price labels 22A, and a group managing method for facilitating a group definition, assignment of the labels 22A to the groups, assignment of items to the labels 22A and assignment of prices to the items. The device is constituted to contain a frame member 222 forming plural partitions 226 arranged to store the labels 22A, a commodity introducing sheet 224 containing an opening part 274 for exposing a display with the labels 22A and fitted to the frame member 22, and a commodity introducing sheet holder 223 for holding the commodity introducing sheet 224 to the frame member 222.

    Electronic price labels
    5.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU8951098A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-20

    申请号:AU8951098

    申请日:1998-10-23

    Applicant: NCR INT INC

    Abstract: An electronic price label system including groups of electronic price labels (22A), an apparatus for grouping electronic price labels (EPLs) (22A) to form an electronic sign, and a method of managing the groups which facilitate group definition, assignment of EPLs (22A) to groups, assignment of items to EPLs (22A), and assignment of prices to items, are disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame member (222) which defines a plurality of bays (226) arranged for containing the EPLs (22A), a product description sheet (224) mounted to the frame member (222) including apertures (274) for exposing displays within the EPLs (22A), and a product description sheet holder (223) for retaining the product description sheet (224) against the frame member (222).

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