Weighing scale system with weighing scale and portable computer device
First Claim
1. A system comprising a weighing scale within a store and a store-associated database, characterised in that the system further comprises a portable computer device in communication with the database, wherein the scale includes a weighing pan for receiving a product to be weighed and a display device for visually displaying weigh information, wherein the portable computer device also includes a display for displaying additional data received from the store-associated database, wherein the store-associated database receives weighed product data from the weighing scale or the portable computer device and retrieves and sends to the portable computer device additional data regarding one or more other products in the store that are available for purchase.
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Abstract
A system incorporating a weighing scale in which information is presented to the user based on output of the weighing scale via a portable device and a database.
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13 Claims
- 1. A system comprising a weighing scale within a store and a store-associated database, characterised in that the system further comprises a portable computer device in communication with the database, wherein the scale includes a weighing pan for receiving a product to be weighed and a display device for visually displaying weigh information, wherein the portable computer device also includes a display for displaying additional data received from the store-associated database, wherein the store-associated database receives weighed product data from the weighing scale or the portable computer device and retrieves and sends to the portable computer device additional data regarding one or more other products in the store that are available for purchase.
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9. A method of using a system that includes an in-store weighing scale with a display device, a store database and a portable computer device in communication with the store database, the portable computer device also including a display, the method including the following steps:
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weighing a product on the scale and inputting product type data into the scale via a scale input device; communicating product weight data and product type data for the product from the scale to the store database; and communicating data based on the product type data and product weight data sent to the store database from the store database to a user of the system via the portable computer device; wherein the data communicated from the store database to the user via the portable computer device includes a store map indicating a position of the user in the store and a position of another product in the store that is available for purchase by the user and that is associated with the product type data in the store database; and displaying the store map on the display of the portable computer device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method of using a system that includes an in-store weighing scale with a display device, a store database and a portable computer device in communication with the store database, the portable computer device also including a display, the method including the following steps:
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weighing a product on the scale and inputting product type data into the scale via a scale input device and displaying on the display device of the scale a scannable code or scannable text that comprises product type data; the portable scanning device scanning the scannable code or scannable text and communicating product type data for the product to the store database; identifying additional data in the store database that is associated with the product type data; communicating the additional data from the store database to the portable computer device; and displaying the additional data on the display of the portable computer device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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