HANDHELD DEVICE AND KIOSK SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED COMPILING AND GENERATING ITEM LIST INFORMATION

• US 20110302059A1
• Filed: 08/12/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Greg A. Vittardi, Richard G. Brindisi
• Original Assignee: Greg A. Vittardi, Richard G. Brindisi
• Inventors: BRINDISI, Richard G., VITTARDI, Greg A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,166,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0283 for data storage and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A portable handheld electronic device is in communication with a stationary kiosk device. The portable device provides automated compiling and categorizing of items and generating of categorized item lists in accordance with user-defined preferences including user-defined categories, and includes a memory for storing the assortment data, and categorizing means adapted for assigning respective predetermined and/or user-selected categories to the assortment data. Generating means compile and synchronize selected categories, and generate the item list relative to one or more user-selected categories that is further displayed and printed at request of the user. A signal receiving circuit of the kiosk device communicates with a signal generating circuit of the portable device and generates received categorized item list data in accordance with a received item list signal, and a human user interface generates a human readable display representative of the categorized item list information in accordance with the received categorized item list data.

Claims

1-38. -38. (canceled)

39. A system comprising:

an user input operable to receive, from an associated user, item data corresponding to at least one item for anticipated retail purchase;

a data storage operable to store received item data;

the data storage further operable to store primary category data corresponding to each of a plurality of item categories;

an input operable to receive, into the data storage, user-defined category data supplementary to the primary category data;

a categorizer operable to associatively store, in the data storage, received item data with the category data;

an input operable to receive user-supplied supplementary information corresponding to retail location procurement instructions associated with item data;

an input operable to receive a list-generating request input; and

a list display generator operable to output a humanly-readable list of the items associatively with category data associated therewith and the use-supplied supplementary information.

40. The system of claim 39 wherein the supplementary information includes at data identifying at least one retail establishment targeted for procurement of at least on item represented by the item data.

41. The system of claim 40 wherein the supplementary information is includes data corresponding to user-supplied information as to a location of at least one of the items in a retail establishment as identified by the supplementary information.

42. The system of claim 39 wherein the supplementary information includes data corresponding to each of a plurality of users, and wherein a unique subset of the item data is displayed associatively with each of the plurality of users in accordance therewith.

43. The system of claim 39 further comprising voice recognition means including a microphone input, wherein the user input is further operable to receive, from the associated user via the microphone input, the category in a form of voice data, and wherein the voice recognition means is adapted for recognizing the received category data present in the voice data.

44. The system of claim 43 wherein the system is contained in a portable, handheld device further comprising a mount operable to mount the portable handheld device on at least one of the group including a vertical surface, a horizontal surface, and a household appliance.

45. The system of claim 41 further comprising voice recognition means including a microphone input, wherein the user input is further operable to receive, from the associated user via the microphone input, the category in a form of voice data, and wherein the voice recognition means is adapted for recognizing the received category data present in the voice data, and wherein the supplementary information is received a verbal user input received via the voice recognition means.

46. A method comprising:

receiving, from an associated user, item data corresponding to at least one item for anticipated retail purchase;

storing received item data in an associated data storage;

storing primary category data corresponding to each of a plurality of item categories in the associated data storage;

receiving, into the data storage, user-defined category data supplementary to the primary category data;

associatively storing, in the data storage, received item data with the category data;

receiving user-supplied supplementary information corresponding to retail location procurement instructions associated with item data;

receiving a list-generating request input; and

generating a humanly-readable list of the items associatively with category data associated therewith and the use-supplied supplementary information.

47. The method of claim 46 wherein the supplementary information includes at data identifying at least one retail establishment targeted for procurement of at least on item represented by the item data.

48. The method of claim 47 wherein the supplementary information is includes data corresponding to user-supplied information as to a location of at least one of the items in a retail establishment as identified by the supplementary information.

49. The method of claim 46 wherein the supplementary information includes data corresponding to each of a plurality of users, and wherein a unique subset of the item data is displayed associatively with each of the plurality of users in accordance therewith.

50. The method of claim 46 further comprising the step of receiving the supplemental information as verbal information from an associated user.