Sales promotion data processor system and interactive changeable display particularly useful therein
First Claim
1. A data processor system particularly useful in a sales outlet for promoting sales of products, the data processor system comprising:
- price storage devices for storing basic price information relating to the products;
criteria storage devices for storing predetermined criteria to be used in determining sales promotion prices of the products;
criteria input means for inputting data concerning said predetermined criteria;
a data processor for receiving data from said price storage devices, from said criteria storage devices, and from said criteria input means, and for automatically determining sales promotion prices of the products in accordance with the received data;
and electronic displays controlled by said data processor for displaying said sales promotion prices with respect to said products.
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Abstract
A data processor system for promoting sales of products includes price storage devices for storing basic price information; criteria storage devices for storing predetermined criteria to be used in determining sales promotion prices; sensors for sensing the predetermined criteria; a data processor for receiving data from the above, and for automatically determining sales promotion prices of the products in accordance with the received data; and electronic displays controlled by the data processor for displaying the sales promotion prices. Also described is an interactive changeable display particularly useful in the sales promotion system, but also useful for other applications, such as for providing routing instructions to a plurality of destinations.
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1. A data processor system particularly useful in a sales outlet for promoting sales of products, the data processor system comprising:
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price storage devices for storing basic price information relating to the products; criteria storage devices for storing predetermined criteria to be used in determining sales promotion prices of the products; criteria input means for inputting data concerning said predetermined criteria; a data processor for receiving data from said price storage devices, from said criteria storage devices, and from said criteria input means, and for automatically determining sales promotion prices of the products in accordance with the received data; and electronic displays controlled by said data processor for displaying said sales promotion prices with respect to said products. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An interactive changeable display system for use by a plurality of users of different categories, said display system comprising:
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a plurality of portable units, one for each of at least some of said users, of a size to be carried by the user, each portable unit including a transmitter for transmitting a coded signal identifying the respective category of the user; a common display unit for a plurality of users, said display unit including a changeable display, and a receiver for receiving the coded signals transmitted by the portable units; and a central processor unit including a storage device for storing display data corresponding to the different categories of users to use the system, and an automatic selector circuit for selecting from the stored data the display data corresponding to the coded signals received by a respective display unit and for outputting the selected display data to the changeable display of the respective display unit for display therein, said central processor unit receiving data from price storage devices, from criteria storage devices, and from criteria input means, and automatically determining sales promotion prices of products in accordance with the received data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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