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Product management system, product management apparatus, and product management method

  • US 20070265943A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2007
  • Published: 11/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A product management system for managing products at a store, comprising:

  • an integrated-circuit-tag reader for reading tagged product information stored in an integrated-circuit tag attached to a tagged product without contacting the integrated-circuit tag; and

    a product management apparatus communicably connected to one or more integrated-circuit-tag readers, the product management apparatus comprising;

    a product master file for storing one or more records of product information regarding products to be handled at the store, the one or more records each representing the same type of products;

    a product-information-obtaining part for inputting the tagged product information read by the integrated-circuit-tag reader to the product management apparatus; and

    a product-master-updating part for updating the product master file, the product-master-updating part registering the tagged product information as a new record in the product master file in the case of the product master file lacking a record corresponding to the tagged product, the product-master-updating part updating a record in the product master file corresponding to the tagged product on the basis of the tagged product information in the case of the product master file having the record corresponding to the tagged product.

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