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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventor:
Robert F. Foster, Ramsey, MN (US);
Assignee:
Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01);
Abstract
A merchandising unit has a merchandise support unit supporting items for sale and an electronic sign. The electronic sign displays a price for correctly stocked items on the merchandise support unit, detects incorrectly stocked items on the merchandise support unit, retrieves a price for the incorrectly stocked items, and alters display information so that the price for the correctly stocked items and the price for the incorrectly stocked items are displayed.