Patent ID: 6089453
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B32B,G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
An article information display system associated with an establishment having multiple display or storage areas, comprising:a controller;a distribution loop coupled to the controller and extending along the multiple display or storage areas;a plurality of electronically controllable information display tags mounted adjacent the article display or storage areas and inductively coupled to the distribution loop for receiving information and power from the controller;a portable terminal including a scanner and a display;wherein each display tag displays information regarding a product associated therewith;wherein the controller is programmed to operate in a plurality of modes including a display tag verification mode in which information displayed on at least one display tag can be checked; andwherein during the display tag verification mode, and in response to receipt of information identifying a product scanned by the portable terminal, the controller retrieves from a database display information regarding the scanned product, communicates the retrieved display information to the portable terminal such that the retrieved display information is displayed on the display of the portable terminal, and communicates a signal via the distribution loop to at least one display tag associated with the scanned product, which signal causes the display of the at least one display tag to blink.