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

摘要

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.