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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C DeTemple, Upland, CA (US);
Peter Abell, Amherst, NH (US);
E Frederick Bird, Verdugo City, CA (US);
Milton L Goff, Ramona, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rest Manufacturing, Inc., Ramona, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395501 ; 455 491 ; 40-5 ; 34082572 ; 345-2 ; 235383 ;
Abstract
A system for communicating between a store computer and locations in the aisles of a retail facility. A hard wired grid connects the store computer to a plurality of transceivers located in zones throughout the facility and the transceivers establish a wireless link to the locations. One embodiment is a product information display system in which the locations are fixed information display terminals, such as price displaying shelf tags. Another embodiment is an item tracking system, in which the locations are movable shopping carts or baskets.