	US 12,236,396 B2
	System and method for remote controlling of electronic shelf labels
Steven Lewis, Bentonville, AR (US); Matthew Biermann, Fayetteville, AR (US); and Nicholaus A. Jones, Fayetteville, AR (US)
Assigned to Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,463.
Application 18/320,463 is a continuation of application No. 15/925,362, filed on Mar. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,687,872.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/475,292, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0289723 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G09F 3/20 (2006.01)

CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06K 17/0022 (2013.01); G06K 19/07707 (2013.01); G09F 3/208 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving product data identifying at least one product and a price of the at least one product;

receiving layout data of a physical environment including locations of one or more shelves disposed within the physical environment, a respective shelf location of the at least one product, and coordinates of a plurality of electronic shelf labels each disposed on one of the one or more shelves;

retrieving coordinates for a first electronic shelf label of the plurality of electronic shelf labels associated with the respective shelf location;

determining a first emitter of a plurality of emitters is capable of communicating with the first electronic shelf label based at least on the layout data and the coordinates of the first electronic shelf label;

transmitting instructions including at least a part of the product data to the first emitter, wherein the instructions cause:

positioning of the first emitter to direct a signal emitted by the first emitter to the coordinates of the first electronic shelf label, wherein a link is established with only the first electronic shelf label; and

transmission, via the link, of the signal including at least a portion of the product data, wherein the signal causes the first electronic shelf label to display the portion of the product data.