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Location tracking of products and product display assemblies in a wirelessly connected environment

  • US 10,524,220 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2019
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of product display assemblies, wherein each of a plurality of the product display assemblies comprises a puck assembly configured to connect with a product for merchandising to consumers;

    a plurality of wireless nodes arranged as a wireless network, wherein each of a plurality of the wireless nodes includes a wireless transceiver for wireless communication over the wireless network, and wherein a plurality of the wireless nodes are parts of different puck assemblies of the product display assemblies; and

    a computer system configured for wireless communication with the wireless network;

    wherein each of a plurality of the wireless transceivers is configured to wirelessly transmit data to the computer system via the wireless network that pairs an identifier for the puck assembly of which that wireless transceiver is a part with an identifier for the product connected to the puck assembly of which that wireless transceiver is a part; and

    wherein the computer system is further configured to (1) receive the wirelessly transmitted data via the wireless network, (2) store data that identifies a location for each of a plurality of the product display assemblies in association with identifiers for the puck assemblies, and (3) create a data structure based on the received data and the stored data, wherein the data structure tracks locations for the products based on the pairings between puck assembly identifiers and product identifiers and the associations between locations and puck assembly identifiers.

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