Patent ID: 7493336
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for updating a retail planogram comprising the steps of: reading an electronic location information transmitted from at least one RFID tag in a retail environment located in proximity to a product, using a personal shopper device having a location sensing mechanism, a memory, a software means, and an RFID reader, wherein an initial planogram is stored therein, collecting said read electronic location information transmitted from said at least one RFID tag by said shopper device, analyzing and comparing said collected location information by said software means of said shopper device, with said initial planogram in relation to initial location information of said product with collected location information for said product from said collected information, updating said initial location information for said product in said initial planogram in response to collected location information to provide an updated planogram to display current location information for said product in a current planogram arrangement in said retail environment.