Marketing information system for remote computing platforms
First Claim
1. A computing system for managing a shopping event at one or more retail locations, the system comprising:
- (a) a hand-held computer configured to receive shopping list information from a user;
the shopping list information defining a collection of products to be purchased during the shopping event;
(b) a server computing system operable with the hand-held computer;
the server computing system being configured to receive the shopping list information from the hand-held computer;
the server computing system further being configured to distribute one or more information packets associated with each of the products to the hand-held computer in advance of the shopping event; and
(c) a retailer computing system associated with each of the retail locations capable of communicating with the hand-held computer;
the retailer computing system being configured to receive the shopping list information and the information packets associated with each of the products from the hand-held computer as the user completes the shopping event.
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Abstract
A computing system for managing shopping events at one or more retail locations is disclosed. The system comprises a hand-held computer configured to receive shopping list information from a user. The system also comprises a server computing system operable with the hand-held computer. The server computing system is configured to receive the shopping list information from the hand-held computer and distribute one or more information packets associated with each of the products comprising the shopping list to the hand-held computer in advance of a shopping event. The system further comprises a retailer computing system associated with each of the retail locations. The user can distribute the shopping list information and the information packets to the retail computing system as the user completes the shopping event.
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28 Claims
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1. A computing system for managing a shopping event at one or more retail locations, the system comprising:
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(a) a hand-held computer configured to receive shopping list information from a user;
the shopping list information defining a collection of products to be purchased during the shopping event;
(b) a server computing system operable with the hand-held computer;
the server computing system being configured to receive the shopping list information from the hand-held computer;
the server computing system further being configured to distribute one or more information packets associated with each of the products to the hand-held computer in advance of the shopping event; and
(c) a retailer computing system associated with each of the retail locations capable of communicating with the hand-held computer;
the retailer computing system being configured to receive the shopping list information and the information packets associated with each of the products from the hand-held computer as the user completes the shopping event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing a shopping event at one or more retail locations, the method comprising:
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(a) generating a shopping list on a hand-held computer;
the shopping list defining a collection of products to be purchased during the shopping event;
(b) providing the shopping list to a server computer system operable with the hand-held computer;
(c) receiving one or more information packets from the server computing system in advance of the shopping event;
the one or more information packets being associated with each of the products; and
(c) distributing the shopping list and the information packets to a retailer computing system associated with the one or more retail locations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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