Patent ID: 8049621
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of auditing compliance with a predetermined planogram, the method comprising: embedding with products displayed on a sales floor a plurality of RFID tags configured to store a set of associated product data by affixing the tags to a plurality of planograming shelf strips; locating a plurality of RFID antennas within range of the sales floor; receiving, at the plurality of RFID antennas, a signal corresponding to each embedded RFID tag; triangulating, based on the received signals, the position of each RFID tag with respect to a reference location on the sales floor; obtaining the set of associated product data stored on each embedded RFID tag; obtaining from a memory a predetermined planogram corresponding to the sales floor; auditing the sales floor's compliance with the planogram based on said triangulated positions and said obtained associated product data sets; storing the audit results in a database.