Method to Automatically Synchronizing Scale Database Information
First Claim
1. A method of receiving product pricing updates within a store including multiple food product scales, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a store scale communications network;
(b) providing a primary food product scale in the store and including memory for storing product pricing data;
(c) providing a secondary food product scale in the store and including memory for storing product pricing data;
(d) communicating food product pricing data to the primary food product scale via the communications network and storing the food product pricing data in memory of the primary food product scale;
(e) the secondary food product scale identifying a potential internal product pricing data error condition and responsively requesting accurate product pricing data from the primary food product scale; and
(f) after step (e) sending at least some of the product pricing data from the primary food product scale to the secondary food product scale.
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Abstract
A method of receiving product pricing errors within a store including multiple food product scales is provided. The method includes (a) providing a store scale communications network. At step (b), a primary food product scale is provided in the store including memory for storing product pricing data. At step (c), a secondary food product scale is provided in the store including memory for storing product pricing data. At step (d), food product pricing data is communicated to the primary food product scale via the communications network and the food product pricing data is stored in memory of the primary food product scale. At step (e), the secondary food product scale identifies a potential internal product pricing data error condition and responsively requests accurate product pricing data from the primary food product scale. At step (f), after step (e), at least some of the product pricing data is sent from the primary food product scale to the secondary food product scale.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of receiving product pricing updates within a store including multiple food product scales, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a store scale communications network; (b) providing a primary food product scale in the store and including memory for storing product pricing data; (c) providing a secondary food product scale in the store and including memory for storing product pricing data; (d) communicating food product pricing data to the primary food product scale via the communications network and storing the food product pricing data in memory of the primary food product scale; (e) the secondary food product scale identifying a potential internal product pricing data error condition and responsively requesting accurate product pricing data from the primary food product scale; and (f) after step (e) sending at least some of the product pricing data from the primary food product scale to the secondary food product scale. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18)
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9. A method of updating a food product scale, the scale including a weighing station including an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals, and an operator interface screen including a display, the method comprising:
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(a) sending update data to a primary food product scale, the primary food product scale being connected to a store communications network and including memory for storing the update data; (b) establishing a connection between a secondary food product scale and the primary food scale over the store communications network after step (a), the secondary food product scale including a communications interface for receiving the update data when the secondary food product scale is connected to the store communications network and memory for storing the update data; (c) the secondary food product scale sending a request to the primary food scale in response to the connection in step (b); and (d) sending the update data from the primary food product scale to the secondary food product scale over the store communications network as a response to the request of step (c), the secondary food product scale saving the update data in memory. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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