Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic shelf label system that comprises a server for delivering shelf label display information to a number of display devices that are controlled by the server to display said shelf label display information on their screens, wherein said screen is designed to display video content represented by received video data, and said display device is designed to deliver video data to a screen and to receive label positioning data for defining the position of the shelf label display information in the display area of at least one of the screens connected to it, and to embed the shelf label display information in accordance with the received location data in the video content that is delivered to said screen.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label that comprises: a display unit that is arranged to display an image, and an interaction interface which is arranged separate from the display unit, wherein the interaction interface is realized as touch sensitive unit that provides a touch-triggered signal, and a processing unit that is connected to the touch sensitive unit and is arranged to process the touch-triggered signal.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label that comprises a display unit that is adapted to display an image, wherein the electronic shelf label is adapted to operate in a customer-oriented information presentation mode in which the image represents customer-oriented information, and to operate in a staff-oriented information presentation mode in which the image represents staff oriented information, and to detect the approach of an external freely movable radio communication device relative to the electronic shelf label based on a received radio signal transmitted by the radio communication device, and to automatically activate the staff-oriented information presentation mode upon the detection of the approach of the radio communication device.

Abstract: A video playback system, comprising a number of playback devices to playback a video on their screens, each playback device comprises a memory to store video data representing said video, and a communication stage to communicate data with each other, wherein the devices are designed to transmit video playback progress-data via the communication stage to the other device and to determine based on the received progress-data whether it is in a synchronous or asynchronous playback progress with the other devices.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label that comprises: a display unit that is arranged to display an image, and an interaction interface which is arranged separate from the display unit, wherein the interaction interface is realized as touch sensitive unit that provides a touch-triggered signal, and a processing unit that is connected to the touch sensitive unit and is arranged to process the touch-triggered signal.

Abstract: A retail shelf floor divider or shelf floor limiter, which comprises mechanical coupling means which are arranged for coupling the retail shelf floor divider or shelf floor limiter to a further structure, in particular a shelf floor in order to divide the shelf floor in shelf floor sections or to limit it, and electronic detection means for the detection of movement in the neighborhood of the retail shelf floor divider or the shelf floor limiter, which are arranged to utilize an electromagnetic wave, preferred a radio wave, more preferred a light wave, or a sound wave for said detection.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label, which is arranged to be attached to a shelf, preferred to a shelf rail located at the front edge of a shelf floor, more preferred to form the shelf rail by itself and to be directly attached to the shelf floor, the electronic shelf label comprises: a display screen arranged on or as the front wall of the electronic shelf label to display content in the form of a still or video image, the display screen comprises a light source to provide a backlit for the display screen, and an illumination device, which is independently controllable form the light source and arranged to emit light from the electronic shelf label from a different wall than its front wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic shelf label system that comprises a server for delivering shelf label display information to a number of display devices that are controlled by the server to display said shelf label display information on their screens, wherein said screen is designed to display video content represented by received video data, and said display device is designed to deliver video data to a screen and to receive label positioning data for defining the position of the shelf label display information in the display area of at least one of the screens connected to it, and to embed the shelf label display information in accordance with the received location data in the video content that is delivered to said screen.

Abstract: A video playback system, comprising a number of playback devices to playback a video on their screens, each playback device comprises a memory to store video data representing said video, and a communication stage to communicate data with each other, wherein the devices are designed to transmit video playback progress-data via the communication stage to the other device and to determine based on the received progress-data whether it is in a synchronous or asynchronous playback progress with the other devices.

Abstract: An electronic shelf label system, comprising a number of display devices to display content on its screen or its screens, each device comprises a memory stage to store content data, and a control stage to control the display of the content on its screen; wherein the screen is a video screen and realizes a shelf rail or covers a front of a shelf rail or a part of it to which it is attachable, and the content is a video and the memory stage stores the entire video data of the video, and the control stage is designed to define a display window for the video and to display only the video content within the display window on its screen.