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System and method of displaying information by an electronic price label

  • US 8,504,430 B2
  • Filed: 01/10/2005
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of displaying information by an electronic price label comprising:

  • (a) dividing the information into ranges;

    (b) determining first information within a first range being displayed by the electronic price label;

    (c) determining second information more recent than the first information in a second range;

    (d) determining whether the first information equals the second information;

    (e) if the first information does not equal the second information,determining whether the first and second ranges are equal, andif the first and second ranges are not equal, sending a message to the electronic price label containing the second information and a command to display the second information instead of the first information; and

    otherwiseif the first and second ranges are equal, allowing the electronic price label to continue displaying the first information even though the first information is not so accurate as the second information.

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