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Space management system

  • US 5,812,985 A
  • Filed: 08/30/1993
  • Issued: 09/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A space management system for use in a premises having items on shelves, the system comprising:

  • a first computer;

    adjacency data storage means, said adjacency data storage means disposed to store information regarding identities of first and second items for which adjacent shelf locations are desired;

    a plurality of rails disposed on the shelves;

    a multiplicity of labels disposed on the rails;

    a communications means communicatively coupling the labels with the first computer;

    each rail comprising mechanical means for mechanically securing the labels;

    each label comprising a display, a memory, and interface means, each label having an address, said interface means responsive to a first message communicated from the first computer for determining whether there is a match between address information in the first message and the address of the label, said interface means responsive to such a match for generating a second message communicated by the communication means to the first computer;

    the first computer comprising location storage means for storing information indicative, for each label in the premises, of the location of the rail securing the label, and of an item associated with the label; and

    checking means responsive to the information in the location storage means regarding the identity of first and second items for which adjacent shelf-locations are desired, for determining whether information in the location storage means shows the existence of first and second labels associated with the first and second items, and if such first and second labels exist, for determining whether the information indicative of the locations of the rails securing the first and second labels show the first and second labels to be secured to adjacent locations.

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