公开(公告)号：US06301565B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-09

申请号：US09312456

申请日：1999-05-14

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06F1760

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/201 ,  G06Q20/208

摘要： An electronic price label relative information verification system which ensures that first business information for an item is equal to second business information assigned to the electronic price label for display. The system includes a computer system coupled to the electronic price label, including a terminal and a storage medium coupled to the terminal. The storage medium contains a data record for the item, which contains identification information and a verifier for the item. The computer terminal obtains the first relative information for the item from the business information source, calculates another verifier from the first relative information for the item, reads the data record to obtain the one verifier, compares the one and the other verifiers to determine whether they are equal, and changes displayed business information to the first relative information if the one and the other verifiers are different.

摘要翻译： 一种电子价格标签相对信息验证系统，其确保物品的第一商业信息等于分配给电子价格标签的第二商业信息以供显示。 该系统包括耦合到电子价格标签的计算机系统，包括终端和耦合到终端的存储介质。 存储介质包含用于该项目的数据记录，其中包含用于该项目的识别信息和验证器。 计算机终端从业务信息源获取项目的第一相关信息，从该项目的第一相关信息中计算另一个验证者，读取数据记录以获得一个验证者，比较一个和另一个验证者，以确定它们是否 如果一个和另一个验证者不同，则将业务信息显示为第一相对信息。

公开(公告)号：US06290128B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-18

申请号：US09742206

申请日：2000-12-20

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06K1500

摘要： A method of displaying relative information which uses special segments in a liquid crystal display within the electronic price label. The system includes the electronic price label and a number of computers. In addition to the liquid crystal display, the electronic price label includes a memory. The liquid crystal display includes first and second display portions. The first display portion displays first information in a number of first display segments within the first portion. The first display segments are linearly arranged as a relative scale. The second display portion displays second information, including price or promotional information, in second display segments in the second portion. The number of computers determine a type of first information, obtain a level of the determined type of first information, determine a list including the number of the first display segments to be activated in order to display the level of the first information, store the list of first display segments in a data file, and schedule a message to the electronic price label containing a command to activate the list of first display segments.

公开(公告)号：US06256615B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-03

申请号：US08338055

申请日：1994-11-10

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06F1760

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q20/201 ,  G06Q30/02

摘要： A price maintenance system and method in which price information entered into or read from a price-lookup file is shared to avoid price mismatch. The price-lookup file and price changes to the price-lookup file are shared by a point-of-service system including a bar code scanner, and a routine for printing labels. The system includes a computer coupled to the point-of-service system which updates the prices within the price-lookup file and sends the updated prices to the label printing routine for printing by a printing system. An electronic shelf label system may also share the price-lookup file and price changes to the price-lookup file.

摘要翻译： 价格维护系统和方法，其中价格信息输入或从价格查询文件中读取，以避免价格不匹配。 价格查询文件和价格查询文件的价格变化由包括条码扫描器在内的服务点系统和打印标签的例程共享。 该系统包括耦合到服务点系统的计算机，其更新价格查询文件内的价格，并将更新的价格发送到标签打印例程以进行打印系统的打印。 电子货架标签系统还可以将价格查询文件和价格变化共享到价格查询文件。

公开(公告)号：US06243690B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-05

申请号：US08992665

申请日：1997-12-17

申请人： Andrew J. Adamec ,  John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： Andrew J. Adamec ,  John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06F1760

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06F3/147 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/201 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G09F3/20 ,  G09F9/30 ,  G09G2380/04

摘要： An electronic price label (EPL) which includes a plurality of separately-addressable displays. The EPL includes a housing, a first display identified by a first unique identification number, a second display within the housing identified by a second unique identification number, and circuitry within the housing for controlling each of the first and second displays in response to messages received by the circuitry which are addressed to the first and second displays using the first and second unique identification numbers.

摘要翻译： 一种电子价格标签（EPL），其包括多个单独可寻址的显示器。 EPL包括壳体，由第一唯一识别号识别的第一显示器，由第二唯一识别号码标识的壳体内的第二显示器，以及壳体内的电路，用于响应于接收到的消息来控制第一和第二显示器中的每一个 通过使用第一和第二唯一识别号码寻址到第一和第二显示器的电路。

公开(公告)号：US06236335B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-22

申请号：US08718622

申请日：1996-09-17

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： H04Q100

CPC分类号： G01S5/0294 ,  G01S5/0252 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W64/00

摘要： A system and method of locating a wireless device in a transaction establishment which relies on signal strength measurements and the known positions of receiving antennae. The system includes a number of transceivers each including a transmitter which transmits a first signal to the wireless device, a plurality of receivers including a plurality of antennae located throughout the transaction establishment and at least one signal strength determining circuit for determining signal strengths of second signals received by the antennae, and a control circuit for controlling transmission of the first signal and reception of the second signals. A storage medium contains the locations for each of the antennae. A computer coupled to the control circuit instructs the control circuit to transmit the first signal and determines a location of the wireless device in the transaction establishment from the signal strengths and from the locations of the antennae. Multiple locations of a wireless device may be tracked and analyzed to yield customer shopping patterns.

摘要翻译： 一种在交易机构中定位无线设备的系统和方法，其依赖于信号强度测量和接收天线的已知位置。 该系统包括多个收发机，每个收发机包括向无线设备发送第一信号的发射机，包括遍及交易建立的多个天线的多个接收机以及用于确定第二信号的信号强度的至少一个信号强度确定电路 由天线接收的控制电路，以及用于控制第一信号的发送和第二信号的接收的控制电路。 存储介质包含每个天线的位置。 耦合到控制电路的计算机指示控制电路发送第一信号，并根据信号强度和天线的位置确定交易设置中的无线设备的位置。 可以跟踪和分析无线设备的多个位置以产生客户购物模式。

公开(公告)号：US06073843A

公开(公告)日：2000-06-13

申请号：US90048

申请日：1998-06-03

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III ,  Terry L. Zimmerman

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III ,  Terry L. Zimmerman

IPC分类号： G07G1/12 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07G1/14 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/201 ,  G06Q20/208 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07G1/145

摘要： An electronic price label (EPL) price verification system which ensures that a price for an item obtained from a price look-up (PLU) file by a bar code scanner is equal to another price displayed by an electronic price label (EPL) for the item. The EPL price verification system includes a computer system coupled to the EPL, which includes a terminal and a storage medium coupled to the terminal. The storage medium contains an EPL data file, which contains EPL identification information and an EPL price verifier. The computer terminal executes a price verification program which reads the PLU file to obtain the price of the item, calculates another price verifier from the price of the item in the price file, reads EPL data file to obtain the one price verifier, compares the one and the other price verifiers to determine whether they are equal, and changes the displayed price to the price in the PLU file if the one and the other price verifiers are different.

摘要翻译： 电子价格标签（EPL）价格验证系统，其确保由条形码扫描器从价格查询（PLU）文件获得的物品的价格等于由电子价格标签（EPL）显示的另一价格，用于 项目。 EPL价格验证系统包括耦合到EPL的计算机系统，其包括终端和耦合到终端的存储介质。 存储介质包含EPL数据文件，其中包含EPL识别信息和EPL价格验证器。 计算机终端执行价格验证程序，读取PLU文件以获得项目的价格，从价格文件中的项目的价格计算另一个价格验证者，读取EPL数据文件以获得一个价格验证者，比较一个 和其他价格验证者确定它们是否相等，如果一个和另一个价格验证器不同，则将显示的价格更改为PLU文件中的价格。

公开(公告)号：US6021395A

公开(公告)日：2000-02-01

申请号：US144293

申请日：1998-08-31

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G07G1/12 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G07G1/01 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/201 ,  G06Q20/202 ,  G06Q30/0283

摘要： A system and method of managing displayed message priorities in an electronic price label (EPL) system through a data file containing message records including message priorities for each EPL. The system includes a computer which stores a plurality of records for an electronic price label in a data file, which reads the data file to identify all of the records for the electronic price label, which determines the priorities in the records, and which displays the messages at start times within the records in accordance with the priorities. The computer records the records in response to operator input and/or inputs received from an application program through an application programming interface. For inputs received from application programs, the computer establishes new priorities for the messages based upon different application priorities assigned to the application programs.

摘要翻译： 一种通过包含包含每个EPL的消息优先级的消息记录的数据文件来管理电子价格标签（EPL）系统中的显示消息优先级的系统和方法。 该系统包括一个计算机，该计算机将数字文件中的电子价格标签的多个记录存储在数据文件中，该数据文件读取数据文件以识别用于确定记录中的优先级的电子价格标签的所有记录，并显示 根据优先级在记录中的开始时间发送消息。 计算机响应于通过应用编程接口从应用程序接收的操作者输入和/或输入来记录记录。 对于从应用程序接收的输入，计算机根据分配给应用程序的不同应用程序优先级确定消息的新优先级。

公开(公告)号：US5987426A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-16

申请号：US949410

申请日：1997-10-14

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G07C1/14 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G07G1/14 ,  G06F151/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G07G1/145 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/202 ,  G06Q20/204

摘要： A system and method of transferring information between a first software application and a second software application which employ an isolation layer. The system includes a client computer system provided by a first seller of computer systems, including a client software application, and a server computer system provided by a second seller of computer systems different from the first seller of computer systems, including a server software application which provides information from the server computer system to the client computer system. The system additionally includes isolation layer software, either at the client computer system or at the server computer system, which facilitates communication between the client software application and the server software application to transfer the information.

摘要翻译： 一种在第一软件应用程序和采用隔离层的第二软件应用程序之间传送信息的系统和方法。 该系统包括由计算机系统的第一卖方提供的客户计算机系统，包括客户端软件应用程序和由与计算机系统的第一卖方不同的计算机系统的第二卖方提供的服务器计算机系统，该服务器计算机系统包括服务器软件应用程序， 从服务器计算机系统向客户端计算机系统提供信息。 该系统还包括在客户计算机系统或服务器计算机系统处的隔离层软件，其促进客户端软件应用程序与服务器软件应用程序之间的通信以传送信息。

公开(公告)号：US5914670A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-22

申请号：US721602

申请日：1996-09-25

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III ,  Terry L. Zimmerman

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III ,  Terry L. Zimmerman

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0241

摘要： A method of displaying a promotional message by an electronic price label (EPL) which stores promotional messages and corresponding promotional indicators in a memory within the EPL. Once the promotional messages are stored within the memory of the EPL, the promotional messages no longer need to be sent by a controlling computer each time a promotional message must be displayed by the EPL. The controlling computer transmits a promotional indicator to the EPL. The EPL compares the promotional indicator in the message with the promotional indicators stored within the memory. The EPL displays a promotional message associated with one of the promotional indicators within the memory if the promotional indicator in the memory and the promotional indicator in the message are equal.

摘要翻译： 一种通过电子价格标签（EPL）显示促销消息的方法，该电子价格标签在EPL中的存储器中存储促销消息和相应的促销指示符。 一旦促销信息存储在EPL的存储器中，每次EPL必须显示促销消息时，促销消息不再需要由控制计算机发送。 控制计算机向EPL发送促销指示。 EPL将消息中的促销指示符与存储在存储器中的促销指示符进行比较。 如果存储器中的促销指示符和消息中的促销指示符相同，则EPL显示与存储器内的促销指示符之一相关联的促销消息。

公开(公告)号：US5907143A

公开(公告)日：1999-05-25

申请号：US726596

申请日：1996-10-07

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G09F9/00 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G09F9/00

摘要： A method of displaying a promotional message by electronic price label which uses a promotional indicator. The promotional message is stored with the promotional indicator in a first location. The promotional indicator is stored in a second location. A control message addressed to the EPL is created by reading the promotional indicator for the EPL from the second location and reading the promotional message from the first location. The control message to the EPL is transmitted. The control message is received by the EPL. Finally, the promotional message is displayed by the EPL. The first location may be a price look-up (PLU) file and/or an EPL data file.

摘要翻译： 一种使用促销指标的电子价格标签显示促销信息的方法。 促销信息与促销指示符一起存储在第一个位置。 促销指示存储在第二个位置。 通过从第二位置读取EPL的促销指示并从第一位置读取促销消息来创建寻址到EPL的控制消息。 发送到EPL的控制消息。 控制消息由EPL接收。 最后，宣传信息由EPL显示。 第一个位置可以是价格查询（PLU）文件和/或EPL数据文件。