Appeal No. 2000-0259
Application No. 08/827,835
APPENDIX
Claim 19
19. An electronic price tag system comprising:
a plurality of address-free price tag modules
having means to store and display price information but
no means to either store or decode address information;
central computing means for transmitting an
information signal;
a plurality of signal routing means, each having a
unique address and being connected between said central
computing means and said plurality of address-free
price tag modules to receive said information signal
transmitted by said central computing means, said
information signal containing data corresponding to the
address of a particular one of said plurality of signal
routing means, the location of a particular one of said
plurality of price tag modules, and the price
information to be stored and displayed by said
particular price tag module, said plurality of signal
routing means comparing the respective unique addresses
thereof with the address data contained by said
information signal transmitted by said central
computing means;
a plurality of enable lines that are electrically
distinguishable from one another, said plurality of
signal routing means connected to said plurality of
price tag modules by respective ones of said enable
lines; and
a plurality of data bus lines, each of said data
bus lines respectively connected between one of said
plurality of signal routing means and a number of said
plurality of address-free price tag modules;
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