Patent ID: 7597254
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A scale for weighing food products, comprising: a weighing station for receiving food products to be weighed; a user interface including a display screen for communicating information to users, the display screen is a touch-screen type display; a controller operatively connected with the weighing station to receive weight indication and operatively connected with the display screen for controlling information displayed thereon, the controller having memory storing existing product information, including multiple existing product records for corresponding products to be weighed by the scale, each existing product record including at least a product number and a product price, the controller including a communication input for electronically receiving updated product information in the form of updated product records, the controller operates to display a product selection interface with selection areas for multiple products, when the controller receives updated product information, and prior to discarding the existing product information, the controller automatically compares updated product records of the updated product information to existing product records of the existing product information to identify whether a product price in an updated product record for a given product is less than a product price in an existing product record for the given product and, if so, the controller automatically adjusts display information of the product selection interface to effect display of a price reduction alert indicator for the given product on the product selection interface prior to any weighing operation of the given product.