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7382228 |
Methods and apparatus for identifying electronic shelf labels with which communication has been lost
Systems and techniques for calling attention to loss of communication with an electronic shelf label. One or more of a plurality of labels deployed in a location may be programmed with a message to...
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7372360 |
Item information system and method
An item price notification system automatically interrogates product labels to determine product, pricing, and other unique data. The system uses a radio frequency (RF) radio frequency transceiver...
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7358847 |
IC tag
An integrated circuit tag includes an item information storage unit that stores item information related to the item, an item information controller that provides control to change the item...
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7333002 |
Automatically tracking mobilized equipment and nurse call priority assignment system and method
By combining the information acquired from a location system that is tracking equipment and/or personnel within a hospital environment, automatic assignment of the “re-located” patient...
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7295132 |
Self-locating devices via highly directional RFID tags in controlled location
A monitored area is provided multiple RFID tags placed at defined coordinates/locations throughout the extended area. These RFID tags respond to receipt of a RF signal by transmitting/broadcasting...
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7287001 |
Electronic product information display system
The invention discloses a printed label and a display shelf for a business establishment, including a display shelf having a length and at least one area on which at least one product is to be...
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7286798 |
Electronic shelf label
An electronic shelf label with a modulated backscatter communication system which can actively transmit signals. The electronic shelf label includes a modulated backscatter receiver for receiving a...
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7283036 |
Wireless display device and radio frequency identification system using the same
A wireless display device includes an antenna unit, a processing unit, a display unit, and a power supply unit. The antenna unit is provided for receiving a first electromagnetic wave and a third...
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7262685 |
Inventory system with barcode display
A pick/put to display (PTD) device includes an image display that allows the PTD device to display images related to a product, such as a picture of the product, a barcode or an instructional...
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7161494 |
Vending machine
A vending machine has an input/output switching device between an image display device for displaying a still image and/or a moving image and a first image output device capable of outputting image...
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7131584 |
Apparatus and means for updating a memory display
A display system includes a light writable display associated with an identification code and arranged to receive an image wise pattern of light to form an image on the display; a display writer...
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7084737 |
Method and apparatus for locating a nearby alternate vending machine for a desired product
A communication network (FIG. 1 ) makes available, to a first vending machine ( 102 ) of a plurality of vending machines, information from nearby ones of the plurality of vending machines for...
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7026913 |
Methods and apparatus for self-diagnosing electronic price labels
A self-diagnosing electronic price label. The label communicates with a central processor in order to receive price information for display and to report the status of the label to the central...
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7015790 |
Intelligent antitheft method and system combining magnetic tags and smart cards
A method and system for preventing theft of an object, includes an electronic article surveillance (EAS) device operatively attached to an object, a security path for detection of the EAS device, a...
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7005962 |
Price label communication system
Price label system comprising a price label system server connected to transceivers adapted to communicate price label information to price labels using a communication protocol. A predetermined...
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6980784 |
System and method of reducing noise in an electronic shelf label system
A system and method of reducing noise in an electronic shelf label system which shifts operation of the receiver away from noise frequencies. The system includes a controller for receiving signal...
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6952157 |
System and method for concurrently addressing multiple radio frequency identification tags from a single reader
A system and method are provided in which each reader may conduct concurrent, yet independent, dialog with multiple tags at the same time using two or more phase channels. The reader itself may...
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6928343 |
Shopper tracker and portable customer service terminal charger
A system and method is disclosed for a shopping system, the system including a shopping cart including a plurality of wheels; a portable electronic device (e.g., a CST or POS terminal), coupled to...
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6911908 |
Security
A security system for protecting articles ( 8 ), the system comprising at least one Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) loop ( 1 ) , one Emitting Unit ( 7 ) and one Detecting Unit ( 9 ) attached...
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6908033 |
Hand-held programmer for programmable liquid crystal display
A method of writing an electrically writable tag using a hand-held writing device includes the steps of providing an electrically writable tag having a plurality of electrical conductors located on...
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6897763 |
Retail signage management system
A mobile retail signage management system includes a communication device capable of transmitting a specific location for which a corresponding sign needs to be positioned at the specific location;...
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6895241 |
Door-lock-opening method for home delivery locker
In a door-lock-opening method for a home delivery locker which includes a home delivery locker and a managing company that are connected to each other through a line, the managing company...
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6885287 |
Methods and apparatus for automatically locating an electronic shelf label
An electronic price label (ESL) system with communication error correction is described. In one aspect, the ESL system automatically locates an ESL after the ESL fails to respond to a message....
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6870462 |
Remotely controlled power supply in an electronic label
The present invention relates to a method and device for reducing the power consumption of an electronic label ( 1 ). The label ( 1 ) comprises control means ( 3 ) for supplying a transmitter ( 17...
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6792292 |
Portable information communication terminal, entertainment system, and storage medium
A portable information communication terminal can easily be combined with an existing industrial system. Article discount information is broadcast from a central computer of the headquarters of a...
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6774794 |
Methods and apparatus for attaching an electronic price label to an electronic theft prevention tag
An electronic price label is described which can be secured to a product by attaching the label to a theft prevention tag and securing the tag to the product. The label includes a display portion...
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6762674 |
Electronic shelf label system
An electronic shelf label (ESL) transmits a negative response to a radio relay station by means of weak radio waves if it failed to normally receive price information. On the other hand, the ESL...
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6734798 |
Fuel dispenser with a human detection and recognition system
A fuel dispenser and method to detect the presence of a human being at a fuel dispenser as well as gather data about the human being using the fuel dispenser. The data is used to determine the...
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6731197 |
Methods and apparatus for providing display of bagging indicator on electronic price labels
Techniques for cost effectively displaying a bagging indicator by an electronic price label (EPL) are described. An EPL computer reads an EPL data file to determine if an item contains a bagging...
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6724318 |
Device and method of locating electronic price labels in transaction establishments
An electronic price label locator which uses signal strength and noise level information associated with signals from the electronic price label. The locator includes an input device which records...
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6696920 |
Method of changing an electronic price label display sequence
A method of changing a display sequence of an electronic price label which uses two commands to add and remove information from a display sequence. The method includes the steps of formulating a...
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6690275 |
Customer-sensitive dispenser using proximity sensing devices
The present invention provides a fuel dispenser capable of sensing the proximity or location of a customer relative to the fuel dispenser without requiring direct customer contact and controlling...
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6658248 |
Self-service machine operated by communications terminal, and service providing method thereof
A self-service machine using a communications terminal and a service providing method thereof. The self-service machine includes an antenna for receiving a radio signal including identification...
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6654651 |
Information providing method, print system and event system
A method for providing information or a printed matter of the information smoothly in a meeting place such as a museum or an exhibition is provided. A card reader reads an ID card that a tourer...
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6650230 |
Modulated backscatter wireless communication system having an extended range
A modulated backscatter communication system (e.g., an Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) system) includes a central node (e.g., a ceiling node) and one or more remote nodes (e.g., ESL tags). The central...
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6624757 |
Shelf pricing display apparatus
An electronic display strip is attached to the shelf front of retail shelves, each shelf having an address code assigned through a control computer. Display fields of variable locations and lengths...
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6621407 |
Auxiliary display recognition system and method for an electronic price label system
A system for recognizing an auxiliary display attached to an electronic price label which also recognizes a unique type designation of the auxiliary display. The system includes a number of...
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6552663 |
Product information display system with expanded retail display functions
In an electronic product information display system including multiple product storage areas, a plurality of display tags associated with the product storage areas, a multiplicity of the display...
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6542873 |
System and method for using an enhanced external data interface to display data in EPL systems
A system and method are disclosed for using an enhanced external data interface to display data in electronic price label (EPL) systems. The enhanced external data interface (EDI) responds to...
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6535119 |
System and method of managing failure of an electronic shelf label to respond to a message
A system and method of managing failure of an electronic shelf label to respond to a message which conserves system bandwidth. The system includes an electronic shelf label which fails to respond...
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6469617 |
Method of restoring information for display by an electronic price label
A method of restoring display information to an electronic price label which stores temporarily removed display information and sends it to the electronic price label following a temporary period....
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6411196 |
System and method of controlling an electronic price label
A system and method of controlling an electronic price label (EPL) through infra-red signals instead of push-button signals. The system includes a computer which transmits wireless radio frequency...
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6392544 |
Method and apparatus for selectively activating radio frequency identification tags that are in close proximity
A radio frequency identification exciter ( 200 ) includes a plurality of antenna elements ( 122 a-i ) that are spaced to define active areas ( 130 a-e ). A matrix switch ( 202 ) flexibly connects...
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6353746 |
Apparatus for improving the signal to noise ratio in wireless communication systems through message pooling
Apparatus for improving the signal to noise ratio in wireless communication systems through message pooling including hardware, software and protocol contained within a packet data communication...
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6323753 |
Automated shopping cart handle
An electronic shopping-cart handle with a hand bar and a display unit having an informational display screen for a product directory and periodic display of advertisements, the display unit having...
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6211773 |
Remote control device and method for electronic price label systems
A remote control device and method for electronic price label (EPL) systems which includes circuitry from EPLs. The remote control device includes a first EPL circuit, a second EPL circuit, and a...
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6144848 |
Handheld remote computer control and methods for secured interactive real-time telecommunications
An interactive bi-directional telecommunication method using a handheld low power user device to access a host computer server along a telecommunication path, and to command the host computer...
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6047263 |
Method of displaying information by an electronic price label
A method of displaying information associated with a special promotion by an electronic price label (EPL) which saves bandwidth at a start time of the special promotion. The method includes the...
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6044359 |
Method of minimizing power consumption within an electronic price label
A method of minimizing power consumption within an electronic price label (EPL) which conserves battery life. A time period for removing power from a transceiver within the EPL is determined by a...
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6043751 |
Method for detecting and reporting failures in EPL systems
A method for handling failures in an electronic price label (EPL) system which automatically diagnoses failures, and which may additionally automatically contact a support organization. The method...
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