Systems and methods for managing product purchase information over a network

• US 20060259372A1
• Filed: 04/28/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mercatus Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: SPRN Licensing SRL
• Inventors: Springer, Harold, Harrison, Robin, Segal, Robert, Montuzenko, Denys, Perrier, R. Sylvain, Fedorov, Michael, List, Jeremy, List, Lucy, Zhao, Jiang, Harper, Russell
• Granted Patent: US 7,873,543 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/203 Inventory monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0281 Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for managing product purchase information including receiving a list of a plurality of products to purchase at a personal computing device, wherein the list includes an indication representing whether the plurality of products have been selected for purchase, updating the list with an indication that at least one of the plurality of products has been selected for purchase when the personal computing device receives information that the one of the plurality of products has been selected, updating the list by adding at least one new product, representing ingredients of a recipe, to the list when the personal computing device receives input that the recipe has been selected; and displaying the updated list.

Claims

1. A method for managing product purchase information, comprising:

receiving a list of a plurality of products to purchase at a personal computing device, wherein the list includes an indication representing whether the plurality of products have been selected for purchase;

updating the list with an indication that at least one of the plurality of products has been selected for purchase when the personal computing device receives information that the one of the plurality of products has been selected;

updating the list by adding at least one new product, representing ingredients of a recipe, to the list when the personal computing device receives input that the recipe has been selected; and

displaying the updated list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the list is provided based on a user'"'"'s past shopping experience.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the list is received from a server over the Internet.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected recipe is transmitting to a remote personal computing device over the Internet.

5. The method of claim 1, further including receiving input at the personal computing device and removing at least one item from the list based on the input.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting at least one of a plurality of recipes based on more than one of the products included in the list and displaying the selected at least one recipes on a display.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving input at the personal computing device including parameters for selecting one of a plurality of recipes and selecting at least one of the plurality of recipes based on the received input.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the parameters are at least one of cost of ingredients per serving, calories per serving, amount of carbohydrates per serving, amount of fat per serving, and amount of sodium per serving.

9. An apparatus for managing product purchase information, comprising:

memory storing a set of instructions; and

a processor executing the stored set of instructions for performing a method for managing product purchase information, the method comprising;

receiving a list of a plurality of products to purchase at a personal computing device, wherein the list includes an indication representing whether the plurality of products have been selected for purchase;

updating the list with an indication that at least one of the plurality of products has been selected for purchase when the personal computing device receives information that the one of the plurality of products has been selected;

updating the list by adding at least one new product, representing ingredients of a recipe, to the list when the personal computing device receives input that the recipe has been selected; and

displaying the updated list.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the list is provided based on a user'"'"'s past shopping experience.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the list is received from a server over the Internet.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the selected recipe is transmitting to a remote personal computing device over the Internet.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, further including receiving input at the personal computing device and removing at least one item from the list based on the input.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising selecting at least one of a plurality of recipes based on more than one of the products included in the list and displaying the selected at least one recipes on a display.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising receiving input at the personal computing device including parameters for selecting one of a plurality of recipes and selecting at least one of the plurality of recipes based on the received input.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the parameters are at least one of cost of ingredients per serving, calories per serving, amount of carbohydrates per serving, amount of fat per serving, and amount of sodium per serving.