IP Library Granted Patent US 11,390,106
Granted Patent B2
US 11,390,106 · App. 17/012,288 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Array of printed information sheets for a business establishment

Inventors: Ernest James Dale (Waterford, VA); James Fernando Jiron (Smithsburg, MD)
Assignee: Information Planning and Management Service Inc.
B42D12/00B31D1/021B42B5/12B42D5/00B42D5/02B42D15/00B42F13/16G06Q10/06G06Q10/087
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,390,106
App. No.
17/012,288
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An array of printed information sheets to be placed in a business establishment includes at least two stacks of printed information sheets being detachably connected to each other. Each stack of printed information sheets includes at least a first multiple product information sheet and a second information sheet that are removably attached to each other or to the stack. The first multiple product information sheet has printed thereon first product information about a first product to be displayed in the business establishment and a first location indicator indicating a first predetermined location in the business establishment where the first multiple product information sheet is to be displayed. The second multiple product information sheet has printed thereon second product information about a second product to be displayed in the business establishment and a second location indicator indicating a second predetermined location in the business establishment where the second multiple product information sheet is to be displayed.

Claims (18)

1. A computer-implemented method for producing an array of printed information sheets to be placed in a business establishment, 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 the business establishment, wherein the planogram information comprises information identifying the set of products for display and information identifying a corresponding set of locations in the business establishment 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 information sheets, wherein each information sheet is associated with at least a product;

printing, by the one or more printers, first product information about a first product to be displayed in the business establishment and a first location indicator indicating a first predetermined location in the business establishment where the first product is to be displayed on a first information sheet, thereby producing a first printed information sheet, third product information about a third product to be displayed in the business establishment and a third location indicator indicating a third predetermined location in the business establishment where the third product is to be displayed on a third information sheet, thereby producing a first multiple product information sheet;

printing, by the one or more printers, second product information about a second product to be displayed in the business establishment and a second location indicator indicating a second predetermined location in the business establishment where the second product is to be displayed on a second information sheet, thereby producing a second printed information sheet, and fourth product information about a fourth product to be displayed in the business establishment and a fourth location indicator indicating a fourth predetermined location in the business establishment where the fourth product is to be displayed on a fourth information sheet, thereby producing a second multiple product information sheet, and

binding the first and the second multiple product information sheets to produce the array of the printed information sheets,

wherein the second predetermined location is immediately adjacent to the first predetermined location in the business establishment, and the fourth predetermined location is immediately adjacent to the third predetermined location in the business establishment.

2. A method for producing an array of printed information sheets to be placed in a business establishment, 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 the business establishment, wherein the planogram information comprises information identifying the set of products for display and information identifying a corresponding set of locations in the business establishment 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 information sheets, wherein each information sheet is associated with at least a product;

printing, by the one or more printers,

first product information about a first product to be displayed in the business establishment and a first location indicator indicating a first predetermined location in the business establishment where the first product is to be displayed on a first information sheet, thereby producing a first printed information sheet,

second product information about a second product to be displayed in the business establishment and a second location indicator indicating a second predetermined location in the business establishment where the second product is to be displayed on a second information sheet, thereby producing a second printed information sheet,

third product information about a third product to be displayed in the business establishment and a third location indicator indicating a third predetermined location in the business establishment where the third product is to be displayed on a third information sheet, thereby producing a third printed information sheet; and

fourth product information about a fourth product to be displayed in the business establishment and a fourth location indicator indicating a fourth predetermined location in the business establishment where the fourth product is to be displayed on a fourth information sheet, thereby producing a fourth printed information sheet,

binding the first and second printed information sheets to form a first stack of the array and binding the third and fourth printed information sheets to form a second stack of the array, and

detachably connecting the first stack to the second stack to form the array of printed information sheets,

wherein the second predetermined location is immediately adjacent to the first predetermined location in the business establishment, and the fourth predetermined location is immediately adjacent to the third predetermined location in the business establishment.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Oct 10, 2024
From: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
To: ELECTRONIC IMAGING SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 068864/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2024
From: DALE, ERNEST JAMES; JIRON, JAMES FERNANDO
To: INFORMATION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT SERVICE, INC.
Reel/Frame 068848/0368 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14606643 · Jan 27, 2015
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