Scale with auto identification of frequently weighed items
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1. In connection with a food product scale located in a store, the scale including a weighing station having an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals, and a user interface including at least one display, a method of presenting a variety of food products to a user to facilitate weighing operations, the method comprising the steps of:
- tracking food product weighing operations of the scale to identify frequency of weighing for each of a plurality of food products;
based upon the tracking step, identifying a first multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a first user interface screen and identifying a second multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a second user interface screen, the identification of the first multiplicity of food products is based upon most frequently weighed food products during a first time period and the identification of the second multiplicity of food products is based upon most frequently weighed food products during a second time period; and
presenting the first user interface screen, with the first multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the first time period;
presenting the second user interface screen, with the second multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the second time period.
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Abstract
A scale and associated methods automatically identify most frequently weighed food items for displaying the most frequently weighed food items on a display.
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15 Claims
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1. In connection with a food product scale located in a store, the scale including a weighing station having an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals, and a user interface including at least one display, a method of presenting a variety of food products to a user to facilitate weighing operations, the method comprising the steps of:
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tracking food product weighing operations of the scale to identify frequency of weighing for each of a plurality of food products;
based upon the tracking step, identifying a first multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a first user interface screen and identifying a second multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a second user interface screen, the identification of the first multiplicity of food products is based upon most frequently weighed food products during a first time period and the identification of the second multiplicity of food products is based upon most frequently weighed food products during a second time period; and
presenting the first user interface screen, with the first multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the first time period;
presenting the second user interface screen, with the second multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the second time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In connection with a food product scale located in a store, the scale including a weighing station having an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals, and a user interface including at least one display, a method of presenting a variety of food products to a user to facilitate weighing operations, the method comprising the steps of:
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tracking food product weighing operations of the scale to identify frequency of weighing for each of a plurality of food products;
based upon the tracking step, identifying a first multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a first user interface screen and identifying a second multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a second user interface screen for the display, the identification of the first multiplicity of food products is based at least in part upon most frequently weighed food products during a first scale mode and the identification of the second multiplicity of food products is based at least in part upon most frequently weighed food products during a second scale mode; and
presenting the first user interface screen, with the first multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the first scale mode;
presenting the second user interface screen, with the second multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the second scale mode. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A scale for use in weighing food products, comprising:
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a weighing station for receiving food products to be weighed, the weighing station having an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals;
a controller for receiving weight indicative signals from the mechanism, the controller operable to establish a price for a weighed food product based in part upon a weight indicative signal produced for that food product;
a user interface including at least one display, the controller connected with the display for controlling the display of food product designators;
wherein the controller is operable to track food product weighing operations of the scale, specifically frequency of weighing for a plurality of food products, and the controller is further operable to identify a plurality of sets of food products, each set of food products identified for display on a respective user interface screen, the identification of each set of food products is based upon most frequently weighed food products during a respective time period for the set; and
wherein the controller is further operable to permit the respective time period to be selected manually at the scale via the user interface.
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