Patent ID: 6256034
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G09G

Abstract:
A method of displaying product information at locations proximate to associated products, comprising the steps of:mounting a plurality of electronic display modules at locations proximate to respective different goods;programming each module with a module address;forming a signal comprising address and data parts, the address part representing a module address and the data part representing product information for the module address;broadcasting a wireless, signal;receiving said signal by a plurality of receiving modules, the receiving modules comprising at least some of the electronic display modules;decoding the address part of said signal by each receiving module into a received address;comparing the received address to the module address for each receiving module;matching the received address to the module address in at least one addressed module among the receiving modules;for each addressed module, decoding the data part of the signal into product information;storing the decoded product information in a memory of the addressed module; anddisplaying the stored product information on a display of the addressed module responsive to said step of matching.