System and method of consolidating information for display by electronic price labels

摘要

A system and method of consolidating information for display which relies on codes. The system includes a database including a plurality of types of information besides price to be displayed by an electronic price label and a computer. The computer schedules messages for transmission to the electronic price label, including a message containing the information. The computer identifies a plurality of the types of information to be displayed by the electronic price label, obtains the plurality of the types of information from the database, determines parameters for storing and displaying the plurality of types of information, and creates a code incorporating the plurality of types of information and the parameters for storing and displaying the plurality of types of information.