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Price maintenance system and method
Assignee: NCR Voyix Corp
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Filing: 1994-10-21
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Granted: 2000-12-26
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Expires: 2014-10-21
Abstract
Abstract A price maintenance system and method in which price information entered into or read from a price-lookup file is shared to avoid price mismatch. The price-lookup file and price changes to the price-lookup file are shared by a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner, and a routine for printing labels. The system includes a computer coupled to the point-of-service system which updates the prices within the price-lookup file and sends the updated prices to the label printing routine for printing by a printing system. An electronic shelf label system may also share the price-lookup file and price changes to the price-lookup file.
Inventors
- 👤 John C. Goodwin, III
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:07
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/06; G07; G07G; G07G1/00; G07G1/12; G07G1/14; G07G1/145
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
74 words
A price maintenance system comprising: a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner, and a price-lookup file used by the bar code scanner to determine prices of scanned items; and a computer coupled to the point-of-service system which updates the prices within the price-lookup file and sends the updated prices to a label printing routine to avoid price mismatch between the price-lookup file and a printed label on an item whose price has changed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
74 words
A price maintenance system comprising: a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner, and a price-lookup file used by the bar code scanner to determine prices of scanned items; and a computer coupled to the point-of-service system which updates the prices within the price-lookup file and sends the updated prices to a label printing routine to avoid price mismatch between the price-lookup file and a printed label on an item whose price has changed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the computer individually sends the updated prices to the label printing routine as they are updated.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the computer stores the updated prices and then sends the updated prices to the label printing routine as a batch.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising: an electronic shelf label system coupled to the computer which uses the price-lookup file to display prices.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system as recited in claim 1, further comprising: another computer, coupled to the one computer, which executes the label printing routine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
101 words
A price maintenance system comprising: an electronic shelf label system; a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner, and a price-lookup file used by the bar code scanner to determine prices of scanned items and used by the electronic shelf label system to display prices; and a computer coupled to the point-of-service system and the electronic shelf label system which updates the prices within the price-lookup file and individually sends the updated prices to a label printing routine as they are updated to avoid price mismatch between the price-lookup file and a printed label on an item whose price has changed.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
101 words
A price maintenance system comprising: an electronic shelf label system; a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner, and a price-lookup file used by the bar code scanner to determine prices of scanned items and used by the electronic shelf label system to display prices; and a computer coupled to the point-of-service system and the electronic shelf label system which updates the prices within the price-lookup file and individually sends the updated prices to a label printing routine as they are updated to avoid price mismatch between the price-lookup file and a printed label on an item whose price has changed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
103 words
A price maintenance system comprising: an electronic shelf label system; a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner, and a price-lookup file used by the bar code scanner to determine prices of scanned items and used by the electronic shelf label system to display prices; and a computer coupled to the point-of-service system and the electronic shelf label system which updates the prices within the price-lookup file, stores the updated prices, and sends the updated prices to a label printing routine as a batch to avoid price mismatch between the price-lookup file and a printed label on an item whose price has changed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
103 words
A price maintenance system comprising: an electronic shelf label system; a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner, and a price-lookup file used by the bar code scanner to determine prices of scanned items and used by the electronic shelf label system to display prices; and a computer coupled to the point-of-service system and the electronic shelf label system which updates the prices within the price-lookup file, stores the updated prices, and sends the updated prices to a label printing routine as a batch to avoid price mismatch between the price-lookup file and a printed label on an item whose price has changed.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
85 words
A method of avoiding price mismatch between a first set of price data within a price-lookup file and a second set of price data displayed by printed labels comprising the steps of: updating the first set of price data within the price-lookup file; and sending the updated first set of price data as the second set of price data to a routine which prints the labels to avoid price mismatch between the price-lookup file and a printed label on an item whose price has changed.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
85 words
A method of avoiding price mismatch between a first set of price data within a price-lookup file and a second set of price data displayed by printed labels comprising the steps of: updating the first set of price data within the price-lookup file; and sending the updated first set of price data as the second set of price data to a routine which prints the labels to avoid price mismatch between the price-lookup file and a printed label on an item whose price has changed.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the step of sending comprises the substep of: sending the updated prices to the routine one by one as they are updated.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the step of sending comprises the substeps of: storing the updated prices; and sending the updated prices to the routine as a batch.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
100 words
A method of avoiding price mismatch between a first set of price data within a price-lookup file, a second set of price data displayed by printed labels, and a third set of price data displayed by an electronic price labels, the method comprising the steps of: updating the first set of price data within the price-lookup file; sending the updated first set of price data as the second set of price data to a routine which prints the labels; and sending the updated first set of price data as the third set of price data to the electronic price labels.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
100 words
A method of avoiding price mismatch between a first set of price data within a price-lookup file, a second set of price data displayed by printed labels, and a third set of price data displayed by an electronic price labels, the method comprising the steps of: updating the first set of price data within the price-lookup file; sending the updated first set of price data as the second set of price data to a routine which prints the labels; and sending the updated first set of price data as the third set of price data to the electronic price labels.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
60 words
A price maintenance system comprising: a plurality of electronic price labels; a storage medium which contains a file containing prices which are displayed by the electronic price labels and which are accessed by a terminal during item checkout; and a computer coupled to the storage medium which sends the prices from the file to a label printing routine in batch.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
60 words
A price maintenance system comprising: a plurality of electronic price labels; a storage medium which contains a file containing prices which are displayed by the electronic price labels and which are accessed by a terminal during item checkout; and a computer coupled to the storage medium which sends the prices from the file to a label printing routine in batch.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
88 words
A price maintenance system comprising: a plurality of electronic price labels; a computer; a storage medium coupled to the computer which contains a file containing prices which are displayed by the electronic price labels and which are accessed by a terminal during item checkout; and an input device coupled to the computer which records price changes as the price changes are entered by an operator; wherein the computer sends the price changes directly from the input device to a label printing routine as the price changes are entered.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
88 words
A price maintenance system comprising: a plurality of electronic price labels; a computer; a storage medium coupled to the computer which contains a file containing prices which are displayed by the electronic price labels and which are accessed by a terminal during item checkout; and an input device coupled to the computer which records price changes as the price changes are entered by an operator; wherein the computer sends the price changes directly from the input device to a label printing routine as the price changes are entered.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the computer sends the price changes directly from the input device to the electronic price labels as the price changes are entered.
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