| CPC G09F 3/208 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0268 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. An electronic shelf label system, comprising:
a cluster-type network constructed from a plurality of electronic shelf label devices each of which includes a display which can display information on a plurality of products placed on a plurality of shelving units; and
an application device communicatively connected to the cluster-type network,
wherein the cluster-type network contains:
a shelf label hierarchy constructed from a plurality of electronic shelf label devices each of which functions as a shelf label for the plurality of products among the plurality of electronic shelf label devices, and
a relay hierarchy constructed from a plurality of electronic shelf label devices each of which relays a signal transmitted from the application device to one of the plurality of electronic shelf label devices of the shelf label hierarchy among the plurality of electronic shelf label devices,
wherein each of the plurality of shelving units includes a plurality of shelf platforms for placing the plurality of products thereon,
wherein the relay hierarchy of the cluster-type network contains:
a first hierarchy constructed from an electronic shelf label device related to a group of shelving units constituted of the plurality of shelving units arranged side by side among the plurality of electronic shelf label devices;
a second hierarchy constructed from a plurality of electronic shelf label devices which are respectively related to the plurality of shelving units among the plurality of electronic shelf label devices, wherein each of the plurality of electronic shelf label devices of the second hierarchy is connected to the electronic shelf label device of the first hierarchy related to the group of shelving units to which the shelving unit related to the electronic shelf label device of the second hierarchy belongs through a pairing connection; and
a third hierarchy constructed from a plurality of electronic shelf label devices which are respectively related to the plurality of shelf platforms of each of the plurality of shelving units among the plurality of electronic shelf label devices, wherein each of the plurality of electronic shelf label devices of the third hierarchy is connected to the electronic shelf label device of the second hierarchy which is related to the shelving unit to which the shelf platform related to the electronic shelf label device of the third hierarchy belongs through a pairing connection,
wherein the shelf label hierarchy contains a product hierarchy which is related to each of the plurality of products placed on the plurality of shelving units among the plurality of electronic shelf label devices,
wherein the product hierarchy is constructed from the plurality of electronic shelf label devices which function as the shelf labels for the plurality of products,
wherein each of the plurality of electronic shelf label devices of the product hierarchy is connected to the electronic shelf label device of the third hierarchy of the relay hierarchy through a pairing connection, and
wherein the electronic shelf label device of the third hierarchy of the relay hierarchy is related to the shelf platform on which the product related to the electronic shelf label device of the product hierarchy is placed.
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