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Automatic price display control by emulation of electronic cash register price lookup

  • US 7,997,487 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2008
  • Issued: 08/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for the distribution and display of product information in a retail establishment, comprising:

  • one or more electronic cash registers connected to a communication bus of the retail establishment;

    an electronic price display unit connected to the communication bus;

    a central computer having a communication interface for communicating product information with the one or more electronic cash registers over the communication bus; and

    an electronic cash register emulation hub that monitors communications between the one or more electronic cash registers and the central computer over the communication bus for product information associated with supported merchandise, wherein the emulation hub translates the associated product information in a universal price code format to an electronic price display unit format.

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