Granted Patent B1

US 8,885,204 · App. 14/451,327 · Granted Nov 11, 2014

Abstract

Claims (22)

1. A computer-implemented method of producing an ordered stack of at least first and second bound sheets comprising a set of printed product information sheets to be placed in a store, the method being implemented in a computer system comprising one or more physical processors and one or more printers, the method comprising:

accessing, by the one or more physical processors, planogram information for a set of products for display in a store, wherein the planogram information comprises information identifying the set of products for display and information identifying a corresponding set of locations in the store at which the respective set of products are to be displayed;

apportioning, by the one or more physical processors, the set of products to a set of product information sheets, wherein a first product information sheet is associated with at least a first product and a second product information sheet is associated with at least a second product;

apportioning, by the one or more physical processors, the set of product information sheets to the set of bound sheets, wherein a first bound sheet comprises the first product information sheet and the second product information sheet and a second bound sheet comprises a third product information sheet;

printing, by the one or more printers, first information on a first product information sheet, the first information comprising at least first product information about a first product to be displayed in the store and a first order indicator indicating a first order of the first product information sheet based on a planogram of the store, thereby producing a first printed product information sheet; and

printing, by the one or more printers, second information on a second product information sheet, the second information comprising at least second product information about a second product to be displayed in the store and a second order indicator indicating a second order of the second product information sheet based on the planogram of the store, thereby producing a second printed product information sheet,

printing, by the one or more printers, third information on a third product information sheet, the second information comprising at least third product information about a third product to be displayed in the store and a third order indicator indicating a third order of the third product information sheet based on the planogram of the store, thereby producing a third printed product information sheet,

ordering the first bound sheet and the second bound sheet according to the first order indicator printed on the first printed product information sheet, the second order indicator printed on the second printed product information sheet, and the third order indicator printed on the third printed product information sheet, thereby producing ordered first and second bound sheets, and

binding the ordered first and second bound sheets to produce the ordered stack of at least the first and second bound sheets.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein binding the ordered first and second bound sheets comprises:

binding the first bound sheet by adhesive to the second bound sheet, wherein the second bound sheet is adjacent to the first bound sheet in the ordered stack.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein binding the ordered first and second bound sheets comprises:

binding the first bound sheet by a glue binding at an edge of the first bound sheet to the other bound sheets of the ordered stack.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein ordering the first bound sheet and the second bound sheet comprises:

ordering the first bound sheet and the second bound sheet based on a first location at which the first bound sheet is to be placed according to the planogram of the store and a second location at which the second bound sheet is to be placed according to the planogram.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first bound sheet is adjacent to the bound sheet in the ordered stack, and wherein the third location is immediately adjacent the second location in the planogram of the store.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating between the first printed production information sheet and the second printed product information sheet on the first bound sheet, a tearable edge by which the first printed production information sheet and the second printed product information sheet may be easily separated.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein printing first product information on the first product information sheet comprises printing first product price label information, wherein the first product price label information comprises a description of the first product and a price of the first product.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein printing first product information on the first product information sheet comprises printing first retailer-specific information, wherein the first retailer-specific information comprises one or more of: a promotion related to the first product or cross-sell information related to the first product.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein printing the first information on the first product information sheet comprises printing first planogram information, the first planogram information comprising one or more of: textual information describing a first location at which the first printed product information sheet is to be placed in the store or a graphic depiction of the first location.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein printing the first information on the first product information sheet comprises printing fourth product information about a fourth product to be displayed in the store.

Assignments (11)