Retail Display System With Integrated Security and Inventory Management
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1. A method for monitoring inventory levels of retail merchandise contained in a self facing retail display system, comprising the steps of:
- sensing a parameter associated with a movement of the retail merchandise contained within the self facing retail display system using a sensor; and
determining a repeating value of the parameter for a selected retail product based upon said sensing during placement or removal of one or more individual units of retail merchandise from the self facing retail display system.
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Abstract
A retail display system with integrated inventory management and security is provided. The retail display system is operably connected to a control module operable to detect the addition or removal of inventory from the retail display system. The control module may be configured to manually or automatically associate a quantity of merchandise with a value of a sensed parameter, such that control module recognizes that the occurrence of the sensed parameter corresponds to the addition or subtraction of merchandise.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring inventory levels of retail merchandise contained in a self facing retail display system, comprising the steps of:
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sensing a parameter associated with a movement of the retail merchandise contained within the self facing retail display system using a sensor; and determining a repeating value of the parameter for a selected retail product based upon said sensing during placement or removal of one or more individual units of retail merchandise from the self facing retail display system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring inventory levels of retail merchandise contained in a self facing retail display system, comprising the steps of:
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manually initiating a retail merchandise learning mode of a control module; changing an amount of retail merchandise carried by the retail display system by either adding or subtracting one or more individual units of retail merchandise; and sensing a parameter associated with the change of the amount of retail merchandise using a sensor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for monitoring inventory levels of retail merchandise contained in a self facing retail display system, comprising the steps of:
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sensing a parameter associated with the addition or removal of one or more selected items of retail merchandise using a sensor; automatically associating a quantity of merchandise with a value of the parameter based on said sensing using a control module. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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