Surveillance, pricing and inventory system
US5005125A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 1986 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B13/2482
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An EAS (electronic article surveillance) system and tag of type responsive to incident energy comprising EAS messages and other messages related to pricing and identification of articles includes circuitry for response to such EAS messages and for the receipt, storage and issuance of such pricing and article identification data, message generator apparatus for transmitting such EAS and other messages in the form of tag incident energy, and apparatus for interrogating the tags to cause such tag issuance of such stored pricing and identification data. An inventory store is responsive to issuance of tag stored identification data to decrement the inventory store and the use of article price totalizer apparatus responsive to the tag issuance of such stored pricing data. Further, the tag includes display apparatus for visual presentation of such pricing data.
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