Item of interest marking and posting system and method
First Claim
1. A method for maintaining a desired item list, the method comprising:
- determining a location of a selection device operated by a first user;
determining, by the selection device operated by the first user, an identification of an item that is substantially near the location;
determining a seller of the item based upon the location;
storing, in association with the first user, an identification of the seller of the item and the identification of the item in an accessible database; and
communicating a list of items to a second user, the list comprising information based upon the identification of the item and the identification of the seller.
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Abstract
A list generation system (300) and method that includes cellular phone/item selector (102) that reads an identifier (106, 108) of a selected item the user is interested in receiving as a gift. The cellular phone/item selector (102) includes a GPS receiver (818) to determine a location near the selected item. An identification of the selected item is then added, along with the location of the item and the user'"'"'s identification, to a list (700) that is accessible to gift givers. Once a gift is received by the user, the cellular phone/item selector is used to scan the identifier of the item (106, 108) and the item is removed from the list (700). An embodiment maintains the list (700) on a server (308) and makes the list (700) available over the World Wide Web.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for maintaining a desired item list, the method comprising:
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determining a location of a selection device operated by a first user;
determining, by the selection device operated by the first user, an identification of an item that is substantially near the location;
determining a seller of the item based upon the location;
storing, in association with the first user, an identification of the seller of the item and the identification of the item in an accessible database; and
communicating a list of items to a second user, the list comprising information based upon the identification of the item and the identification of the seller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An item list generator, comprising:
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a selection device, comprising;
a geographic locator that determines a location of a selection device that is operated by a first user; and
an information scanner that determines an identification of an item that is substantially near the location;
a geo-locator that determines a seller of the item based upon the location;
a selected item database that stores, in association with the first user, an identification of the seller of the item and the identification of the item in an accessible database; and
a list communicator that communicates a list of items to a second user, the list comprising information based upon the identification of the item and the identification of the seller. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising computer programming instructions for creating an item list, the computer programming instructions comprising instructions for:
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determining a location of a selection device operated by a first user;
determining, by the selection device operated by the first user, an identification of an item that is substantially near the location;
determining a seller of the item based upon the location;
storing, in association with the first user, an identification of the seller of the item and the identification of the item in an accessible database; and
communicating a list of items to a second user, the list comprising information based upon the identification of the item and the identification of the seller. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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