System and method for providing a store customer with personally associated prices for selected items
First Claim
1. A system for providing a customer within a store with personally associated prices for selected items from items offered for sale in said store, comprising:
- a portable unit associated with said customer, said portable unit being operative to obtain said personally associated prices for selected items;
at least one point of sale for collecting payment for said customer'"'"'s purchases, said at least one point of sale interfacing with said portable unit to calculate payment in accordance with said personally associated prices for selected items; and
a plurality of electronic shelf labels, each displaying information associated with one of said items offered for sale in said store, said portable unit being effective to temporarily change said displayed information so as to display information related to said selected items.
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Abstract
A system and method for granting a customer visiting a store with personally associated prices for selected items is provided. The customer receives a portable customer unit which communicates with a check-in unit for establishing personal prices for selected items. In one preferred embodiment the personal prices are then downloaded into the portable customer unit, and in an alternative embodiment the identity of the portable customer unit and the respective reduced price is then downloaded into the shelf labels whose price is reduced. During shopping, the customer unit transmits coded signals to the electronic shelf labels. Electronic shelf labels respective to items whose code is included in the items for which a personal price is effective respond with an eye-catching signal to attract the customer'"'"'s attention.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for providing a customer within a store with personally associated prices for selected items from items offered for sale in said store, comprising:
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a portable unit associated with said customer, said portable unit being operative to obtain said personally associated prices for selected items; at least one point of sale for collecting payment for said customer'"'"'s purchases, said at least one point of sale interfacing with said portable unit to calculate payment in accordance with said personally associated prices for selected items; and a plurality of electronic shelf labels, each displaying information associated with one of said items offered for sale in said store, said portable unit being effective to temporarily change said displayed information so as to display information related to said selected items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing a customer, within a store having at least one point of sale, with personally associated prices for selected items, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing said customer with a portable unit; downloading item-specific information to each of a plurality of electronic shelf labels, wherein each of said electronic shelf labels is associated with one of said store'"'"'s items; displaying said item-specific information on the respective electronic shelf label; generating said personally associated prices for selected items, for said customer; temporarily changing the information displayed on said respective electronic shelf labels to said personally associated prices for selected items upon receiving a communication from said portable unit; and upon completion of purchase and presentation of said portable unit, charging said customer in accordance with said personally associated prices for selected items purchased. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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