| An inventory management system and method which wirelessly interrogate product
labels to determine inventory. The system includes an electronic price label
system including electronic displays which display price information and
interrogators which wirelessly obtain identification information from product
labels, and a computer which receives first identification information from
first product labels affixed to first instances of a product adjacent one of the
electronic displays and one of the interrogators, determines a first amount of
the product from the first identification information, receives second
identification information from second product labels affixed to second
instances of the product which have been sold, determines a second amount of the
product from the second identification information, receives third
identification information from third product labels affixed to third instances
of the product adjacent the electronic price label, and determines a third
amount of the product from the third identification information representing a
current inventory amount. |
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