AUTOMATIC PRICE DISPLAY CONTROL BY EMULATION OF ELECTRONIC CASH REGISTER PRICE LOOKUP

摘要

A method for distribution of product price and/or sales data in a retail establishment. Product price and/or sales data is stored locally in a central computer or master electronic cash register (ECR), or remotely at a master computer. The ECR emulation hub can request product price data from the master ECR, local or master computers. Once the product price data arrives at the ECR emulation hub, it can be processed and sent to a display located near the appropriate product. The ECR emulation hub can also record and/or transmit prices actually charged for products over time to allow for automatic auditing of promotional pricing offers. The ECR emulation hub acts like an ECR, thereby requiring no special software or hardware modifications to existing pricing display systems that already support ECRs.

主权项

1. A method for the distribution and display of product information in a retail establishment, comprising the steps of:
requesting product information located in a master database from an electronic cash register emulation hub; transmitting product information from a master database to an electronic cash register emulation hub; transferring the product information from the electronic cash register emulation hub to an electronic pride display unit; and displaying the product information on the electronic price display unit.