Household management systems and methods
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1. A household management system, comprising:
- (a) a user interface configured for receiving user instructions;
(b) a media content data store containing a plurality of media content items and at least one rule associated with each media content item;
(c) a purchase history data store containing purchase history data identifying past purchases of a system user;
(d) a media content manager in communication with said user interface and said media content data store, said media content manager comprising executable instructions for selecting at least one of said media content items for presentation to a user based on said rules; and
(e) a purchase history module in communication with said user interface and said purchase history data store, said purchase history module comprising executable instructions for selectively displaying purchase history data in response to user instructions input using said user interface;
wherein said media content data store and said purchase history data store are provided on a personal computer.
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Abstract
A household management system having a user interface, a media content data store, a purchase history data store, a media content manager in communication with the user interface and the media content data store, and a purchase history module in communication with the user interface and the purchase history data store. A method of selectively displaying media content to a consumer, and a computer-implemented method of populating a shopping list comprising a list of a plurality of products for later purchase by a user are also provided.
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1. A household management system, comprising:
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(a) a user interface configured for receiving user instructions;
(b) a media content data store containing a plurality of media content items and at least one rule associated with each media content item;
(c) a purchase history data store containing purchase history data identifying past purchases of a system user;
(d) a media content manager in communication with said user interface and said media content data store, said media content manager comprising executable instructions for selecting at least one of said media content items for presentation to a user based on said rules; and
(e) a purchase history module in communication with said user interface and said purchase history data store, said purchase history module comprising executable instructions for selectively displaying purchase history data in response to user instructions input using said user interface;
wherein said media content data store and said purchase history data store are provided on a personal computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of selectively displaying media content to a consumer, comprising:
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(a) receiving media content data from a remote computer over a computer network and storing said media content data on a personal computer, said media content data stored on the personal computer including a plurality of media content items and at least one rule associated with each media content item;
(b) selecting one of said media content items stored on the personal computer based on said rules; and
(c) displaying said selected media content item to the consumer on a display device associated with said personal computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-implemented method of populating a shopping list comprising a list of a plurality of products for later purchase by a user, said method comprising:
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(a) providing a purchase history data store containing purchase history data identifying past purchases of a user;
(b) providing a product catalog data store containing product information for products available for purchase from at least one retailer;
(c) providing a pantry inventory data store containing data identifying the current inventory of one or more products in the user'"'"'s household;
(d) creating a new shopping list in response to user input;
(e) populating said new shopping list with one or more products selected on the basis of at least one of said purchase history data and said pantry inventory data;
(f) receiving user input identifying one or more products selected from said product catalog data store by the user; and
(g) populating said new shopping list with said one or more products selected by the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A household management system, comprising:
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(a) a product catalog data store containing product information for products available for purchase from at least one retailer;
(b) a media content data store containing a plurality of media content items, said media content items associated with one or more products for which product information is contained in said product catalog data store;
(c) a diet/nutrition manager in communication with said product catalog data store, said diet/nutrition manager comprising executable instructions for recommending products from said product catalog data store to a user based on one or more diet/nutrition parameters selected by a user; and
(d) a media content manager in communication said media content data store, said media content manager comprising executable instructions for selecting at least one of said media content items for presentation to a user based on products recommended by said diet/nutrition manager. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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