SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT DISPLAY

• US 20200134589A1
• Filed: 10/26/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: JONES, Titus Arthur, BONNER, Brett Bracewell
• Granted Patent: US 10,956,884 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/201 Price look-up processing, e.g. updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/023 Arrangements for display, data presentation or advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/009 the reader being an RFID reader

Abstract

A system and method for displaying product information in a store. The system is configured to communicate with a communication network. Included is a shelf display device or digital tag positioned within the store and a physical, bib tag for a product. The digital tag has a digital display surface, a reader, and a communication device. The digital tag is configured to display information associated with a product via its display surface and configured for operative communication with the communication network via its communication device. The bib tag has product-related information displayed thereon. The bib tag also has machine readable information that is readable by the reader of the digital tag. The communication device of the digital tag is configured and arranged to transmit information, regarding the machine readable information of the bib tag, to the communication network.

Claims

1. A system for displaying product information in a store, the system being configured to communicate with a communication network, the system comprising:

a digital tag positioned within the store, the digital tag comprising a digital display surface, a reader, and a communication device, the digital tag being configured to display information associated with a product via its display surface and configured for operative communication with the communication network via its communication device;

a physical, bib tag for the product, the bib tag having product-related information displayed thereon,

wherein the bib tag comprises machine readable information that is readable by the reader of the digital tag, and

wherein the communication device of the digital tag is configured and arranged to transmit information, regarding the machine readable information of the bib tag, to the communication network.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the bib tag is mountable to the digital tag.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the digital tag is a unit removably connected or removably mounted to an edge of a shelf in a shelving unit for holding products thereon.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the digital tag comprises a housing with a slot, wherein the bib tag is configured for insertion into the slot, and wherein the machine readable information provided on the bib tag is positioned on the bib tag such that it is read by the reader of the digital tag upon insertion of the bib tag into the slot.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display surface is associated with a digital panel extending across a length of an edge of a shelf in a shelving unit for holding products thereon.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the bib tag is configured for electronic connection to the shelf display.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reader of the digital tag is an optical reader, and wherein the bib tag comprises notches or perforations that are read by the reader.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the bib tag comprises an RFID code or a bar code thereon.

9. A method for displaying product information in a store using a system that is configured to communicate with a communication network, the system having a digital tag comprising a digital display surface, a reader, and a communication device and a physical, bib tag for the product, the bib tag having product-related information displayed thereon and comprising machine readable information that is readable by the reader of the digital tag, and the method comprising:

displaying information associated with a product via the display surface of the digital tag;

reading the machine readable information of the bib tag using the reader of the digital tag; and

transmitting information, regarding the machine readable information of the bib tag, to the communication network using the communication device of the digital tag.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

connecting the bib tag to the digital tag before the reading of the machine readable information.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the digital tag comprises a housing with a slot, and the method further comprises:

inserting a portion of the bib tag into the slot of the digital tag,

wherein the machine readable information is provided on the portion of the bib tag that is inserted into the slot.

12. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

after transmitting information to the communication network, setting a timer for a predetermined period of time;

after the predetermined period of time, reading the machine readable information of the bib tag using the reader of the digital tag; and

determining that the product-related information displayed on the bib tag is expired.