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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5704049 | Subglobal area addressing for electronic price displays An electronic price display system has uniquely addressed electronic shelf labels (ESLs) controlled by a central computer or host. To save power and communications channel bandwidth, subglobal addressing is defined which permits the central computer to ad... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5583487 | System for locating display devices In a system for displaying prices in a retail store, improved system architecture and stored programs are disclosed to permit improved accuracy in confirming the physical location of display devices called labels. A response from a label to the host, or c... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5553412 | Information display rail system An improved electronic price display system has rails into which are installed price display labels. Ridges along the top and bottom of the rails are shaped to receive a label readily. A removal tool may be engaged to release the pawls of the label to ext... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5532465 | Technique for locating electronic labels in an electronic price display system In a system for displaying prices in a retail store, improved rail arrangements permit improved accuracy in confirming the physical location of an improved display device on one such rail arrangement. A response from the device to a host, or central compu... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5467474 | Display system with section addressability In a system for displaying prices in a retail store, improved system architecture and stored programs are disclosed to permit improved accuracy in confirming the physical location of display devices called labels. A response from a label to the host, or c... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5461561 | System for recognizing display devices In a system for displaying prices in a retail store, improved system architecture and stored programs are disclosed to permit improved accuracy in confirming the physical location of display devices called labels. A response from a label to the host, or c... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5448226 | Shelf talker management system A system has a central store computer and a multiplicity of electronic shelf labels (ESLs). Each label has a means to detect the presence of an ESL-mounted shelf talker. The system automatically audits the store for the proper set of installed shelf talke... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5374815 | Technique for locating electronic labels in an electronic price display system In a system for displaying prices in a retail store, improved rail arrangements are disclosed to permit improved accuracy in confirming the physical location of an improved display device on one such rail arrangement. A response from the device to a host,... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5348485 | Electronic price display system with vertical rail A vertical stringer or rail system is provided for use with an electronic price display system in a store, warehouse or other application. A vertical rail is made of an insulating material and is of substantially constant cross section along its extent, w... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5172314 | Apparatus for communicating price changes including printer and display devices An improved price updating apparatus for use in retail store pricing systems has an input for receiving update data indicative of a product for which a price change is desired and the changed price. The apparatus looks up records in a database relating to... | 12/15/1992 |
