Patents Assigned to Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11715115
    Abstract: Compliance with retail display regulations that retailers are subject to within a plurality of jurisdictions is managed. Retail display regulations may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. To facilitate compliance, retail display regulations for a plurality of jurisdictions are centrally maintained. The regulations may then be used to dynamically generate retail display materials for locations across a plurality of jurisdictions with different regulatory schemes. The central storage and/or maintenance of the retail display regulations may facilitate compliance with disparate regulatory schemes that retailers are subject to based in part of retail location. Central storage of the retail display regulations may facilitate certification of compliance by regulating entities associated with the jurisdictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Information Planning & Management Service Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, Barbara Clark Eichenser
  • Patent number: 11390106
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Information Planning and Management Service Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron
  • Publication number: 20200398604
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Information Planning and Management Service Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron
  • Publication number: 20200398603
    Abstract: An ordered stack of bound sheets may comprise a set of printed product information sheets. An individual bound sheet may comprise a single printed product information sheet or may comprise a plurality of printed product information sheets. Each of the individual printed product information sheets may be detached from the ordered stack of bound sheets in the order in which the printed product information sheets are presented. The individual printed product information sheets (which are detached from the ordered stack in order) may be connected to structures in the stores based on a planogram for a set of products for display in the store. The order of the printed product information sheets may match an order in which the sheets are positioned based on the planogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Information Planning and Management Service Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron, John Patrick Desmet, Nathan Andrew Rowell
  • Patent number: 10800199
    Abstract: An ordered stack of bound sheets may comprise a set of printed product information sheets. An individual bound sheet may comprise a single printed product information sheet or may comprise a plurality of printed product information sheets. Each of the individual printed product information sheets may be detached from the ordered stack of bound sheets in the order in which the printed product information sheets are presented. The individual printed product information sheets (which are detached from the ordered stack in order) may be connected to structures in the stores based on a planogram for a set of products for display in the store. The order of the printed product information sheets may match an order in which the sheets are positioned based on the planogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Information Planning and Management Service Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron, John Patrick Desmet, Nathan Andrew Rowell
  • Patent number: 10800200
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Information Planning and Management Service Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron
  • Patent number: 10699279
    Abstract: Compliance with retail display regulations that retailers are subject to within a plurality of jurisdictions is managed. Retail display regulations may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. To facilitate compliance, retail display regulations for a plurality of jurisdictions are centrally maintained. The regulations may then be used to dynamically generate retail display materials for locations across a plurality of jurisdictions with different regulatory schemes. The central storage and/or maintenance of the retail display regulations may facilitate compliance with disparate regulatory schemes that retailers are subject to based in part of retail location. Central storage of the retail display regulations may facilitate certification of compliance by regulating entities associated with the jurisdictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Information Planning and Management Service Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, Barbara Clark Eichenser
  • Publication number: 20160267491
    Abstract: Compliance with retail display regulations that retailers are subject to within a plurality of jurisdictions is managed. Retail display regulations may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. To facilitate compliance, retail display regulations for a plurality of jurisdictions are centrally maintained. The regulations may then be used to dynamically generate retail display materials for locations across a plurality of jurisdictions with different regulatory schemes. The central storage and/or maintenance of the retail display regulations may facilitate compliance with disparate regulatory schemes that retailers are subject to based in part of retail location. Central storage of the retail display regulations may facilitate certification of compliance by regulating entities associated with the jurisdictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James DALE, Barbara Clark Eichenser
  • Publication number: 20160217352
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc. d/b/a EJ Caimen
    Inventors: Ernest James DALE, James Fernando JIRON
  • Patent number: 9367851
    Abstract: Compliance with retail display regulations that retailers are subject to within a plurality of jurisdictions is managed. Retail display regulations may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. To facilitate compliance, retail display regulations for a plurality of jurisdictions are centrally maintained. The regulations may then be used to dynamically generate retail display materials for locations across a plurality of jurisdictions with different regulatory schemes. The central storage and/or maintenance of the retail display regulations may facilitate compliance with disparate regulatory schemes that retailers are subject to based in part of retail location. Central storage of the retail display regulations may facilitate certification of compliance by regulating entities associated with the jurisdictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, Barbara Clark Eichenser
  • Publication number: 20150202907
    Abstract: An ordered stack of bound sheets may comprise a set of printed product information sheets. An individual bound sheet may comprise a single printed product information sheet or may comprise a plurality of printed product information sheets. Each of the individual printed product information sheets may be detached from the ordered stack of bound sheets in the order in which the printed product information sheets are presented. The individual printed product information sheets (which are detached from the ordered stack in order) may be connected to structures in the stores based on a planogram for a set of products for display in the store. The order of the printed product information sheets may match an order in which the sheets are positioned based on the planogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc. d/b/a EJ Caimen
    Inventors: Ernest James DALE, James Fernando JIRON, John Patrick DESMET, Nathan Andrew ROWELL
  • Patent number: 8970893
    Abstract: An ordered stack of bound sheets may comprise a set of printed product information sheets. An individual bound sheet may comprise a single printed product information sheet or may comprise a plurality of printed product information sheets. Each of the individual printed product information sheets may be detached from the ordered stack of bound sheets in the order in which the printed product information sheets are presented. The individual printed product information sheets (which are detached from the ordered stack in order) may be connected to structures in the stores based on a planogram for a set of products for display in the store. The order of the printed product information sheets may match an order in which the sheets are positioned based on the planogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron, John Patrick Desmet, Nathan Andrew Rowell
  • Patent number: 8910864
    Abstract: The invention discloses a printed label and a display shelf for a business establishment, including a display shelf having a length and at least one area on which at least one product is to be placed. The area has a length and a depth. The label includes product information printed thereon for identifying the at least one product for display on the shelf, and first and second space indicators for indicating a position, corresponding to a portion of the length of the shelf, at which the at least one product is to be placed. The label is constructed and arranged to have a predetermined length that is coextensive with the portion of the length of the area of the shelf on which the at least one product is to be placed. The first and second space indicators define the predetermined length. The first space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf begins and the second space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Douglas Falls, Ernest J. Dale, Rod Matheson
  • Patent number: 8885204
    Abstract: An ordered stack of bound sheets may comprise a set of printed product information sheets. An individual bound sheet may comprise a single printed product information sheet or may comprise a plurality of printed product information sheets. Each of the individual printed product information sheets may be detached from the ordered stack of bound sheets in the order in which the printed product information sheets are presented. The individual printed product information sheets (which are detached from the ordered stack in order) may be connected to structures in the stores based on a planogram for a set of products for display in the store. The order of the printed product information sheets may match an order in which the sheets are positioned based on the planogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron, John Patrick Desmet, Nathan Andrew Rowell
  • Patent number: 8836990
    Abstract: An ordered stack of bound sheets may comprise a set of printed product information sheets. An individual bound sheet may comprise a single printed product information sheet or may comprise a plurality of printed product information sheets. Each of the individual printed product information sheets may be detached from the ordered stack of bound sheets in the order in which the printed product information sheets are presented. The individual printed product information sheets (which are detached from the ordered stack in order) may be connected to structures in the stores based on a planogram for a set of products for display in the store. The order of the printed product information sheets may match an order in which the sheets are positioned based on the planogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, James Fernando Jiron, John Patrick Desmet, Nathan Andrew Rowell
  • Publication number: 20140246390
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for making a stocking strip for pegboard stocking. The stocking strip includes an elongated strip containing information for locating a plurality of different products on a peg board display, a first identification number for identifying the strip, a first text area for identifying a source planogram or print job, a second text area for listing stocking location in a sales establishment which contains the pegboard display, a third text area for listing a height for the product, a demarcation for indicating a span of the position of the product on the pegboard, a product image, a product identifier, a color marker and a peg indicator for locating the peg on the pegboard display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: INFORMATION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT SERVICE, INC. (IPMS)
    Inventors: Ernest J. DALE, Alastair J. Gregory, Berin C. Loritsch, Willis S. Duncan, Robert Dale
  • Patent number: 8762212
    Abstract: The invention discloses a printed label and a display shelf for a business establishment, including a display shelf having a length and at least one area on which at least one product is to be placed. The area has a length and a depth. The label includes product information printed thereon for identifying the at least one product for display on the shelf, and first and second space indicators for indicating a position, corresponding to a portion of the length of the shelf, at which the at least one product is to be placed. The label is constructed and arranged to have a predetermined length that is coextensive with the portion of the length of the area of the shelf on which the at least one product is to be placed. The first and second space indicators define the predetermined length. The first space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf begins and the second space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Douglas Falls, Ernest J. Dale, Rod Matheson, A. Scott McPhillips
  • Patent number: 8626613
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for making a stocking strip for pegboard stocking. The stocking strip includes an elongated strip containing information for locating a plurality of different products on a peg board display, a first identification number for identifying the strip, a first text area for identifying a source planogram or print job, a second text area for listing stocking location in a sales establishment which contains the pegboard display, a third text area for listing a height for the product, a demarcation for indicating a span of the position of the product on the pegboard, a product image, a product identifier, a color marker and a peg indicator for locating the peg on the pegboard display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest J. Dale, Alastair J. Gregory, Berin C. Loritsch, Willis S. Duncan, Robert Dale
  • Publication number: 20110066458
    Abstract: Compliance with retail display regulations that retailers are subject to within a plurality of jurisdictions is managed. Retail display regulations may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. To facilitate compliance, retail display regulations for a plurality of jurisdictions are centrally maintained. The regulations may then be used to dynamically generate retail display materials for locations across a plurality of jurisdictions with different regulatory schemes. The central storage and/or maintenance of the retail display regulations may facilitate compliance with disparate regulatory schemes that retailers are subject to based in part of retail location. Central storage of the retail display regulations may facilitate certification of compliance by regulating entities associated with the jurisdictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Dale, Barbara Clark Eichenser
  • Publication number: 20080255894
    Abstract: The invention discloses a printed label and a display shelf for a business establishment, including a display shelf having a length and at least one area on which at least one product is to be placed. The area has a length and a depth. The label includes product information printed thereon for identifying the at least one product for display on the shelf, and first and second space indicators for indicating a position, corresponding to a portion of the length of the shelf, at which the at least one product is to be placed. The label is constructed and arranged to have a predetermined length that is coextensive with the portion of the length of the area of the shelf on which the at least one product is to be placed. The first and second space indicators define the predetermined length. The first space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf begins and the second space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Information Planning & Management Service, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Douglas Falls, Ernest J. Dale, Rod Matheson, A. Scott McPhillips