Auxiliary display for an electronic price label

Details Auxiliary display for an electronic price label Auxiliary display for an electronic price label

1996-02-16

1998-06-23

Holloway, III, Edwin C.

Communications: electrical

Continuously variable indicating

With meter reading

34082517, 235383, G06F 712

Patent

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057710058

ABSTRACT:
An auxiliary display assembly for an electronic price label which is easily added and removed from electronic price labels requiring additional display area. The auxiliary display includes a display and an electrical connector coupled to the display which couples to another electrical connector on the electronic price label. The auxiliary display is suitable for displaying promotional messages, which may include price information. Circuitry within the electronic price label senses connection of the auxiliary display to the electronic price label. The circuitry sets a configuration bit within a memory of the electronic price label. Auxiliary display management software executed by a terminal queries the electronic price label for the presence of the auxiliary display and sends data to the electronic price label for display by the auxiliary display.

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