IN-STORE CUSTOMER SCAN PROCESS INCLUDING PRODUCT AUTOMATED INGREDIENT WARNING

• US 20140214623A1
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wal Mart Stores Inc (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Cancro, Richard Neil, Pedley, Douglas James, Acker, Joel Bennett Jr.
• Application Number:
  US13/754,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214623A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.63
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation

Abstract

A computer-implemented process can be implemented to provide a customer with information about an item to be purchased. The process includes monitoring, within a processor of a portable computerized device, a scan of the item to be purchased, automatically referencing a remote database to reference a list of ingredients in the item to be purchased. The process further includes cross-referencing, within the processor, the list of ingredients to a shopping profile of the customer and Fdisplaying an alert to the customer upon a display of the portable computerized device based upon the cross-referencing.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented process to provide a customer with information about an item to be purchased, the process comprising:

within a processor of a portable computerized device, monitoring a scan of the item to be purchased;

automatically referencing a remote database to reference a list of ingredients in the item to be purchased;

within the processor, cross-referencing the list of ingredients to a shopping profile of the customer; and

displaying an alert to the customer upon a display of the portable computerized device based upon the cross-referencing.

2. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein cross-referencing the list of ingredients to the shopping profile comprises comparing the list of ingredients to an allergy of the customer.

3. The computer-implemented process of claim 2, wherein comparing the list of ingredients to the allergy of the customer comprises comparing the list to one of a nut allergy, a dairy allergy, and a gluten allergy.

4. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein cross-referencing the list of ingredients to the shopping profile comprises comparing the list of ingredients to a dietary restriction of the customer.

5. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein cross-referencing the list of ingredients to the shopping profile comprises comparing the list of ingredients to a restriction based upon social concerns of the customer.

6. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein cross-referencing the list of ingredients to the shopping profile comprises comparing the list of ingredients to a restriction based upon religious concerns of the customer.

7. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein cross-referencing the list of ingredients to the shopping profile comprises comparing the list of ingredients to a restriction based upon budgetary concerns of the customer.

8. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, wherein cross-referencing the list of ingredients to the shopping profile comprises comparing the list of ingredients to a restriction based upon nutritional totals required by the customer.

9. The computer-implemented process of claim 8, wherein comparing the list of ingredients to a restriction based upon nutritional totals required by the customer comprises determining a total number of calories in a product.

10. The computer-implemented process of claim 8, wherein comparing the list of ingredients to a restriction based upon nutritional totals required by the customer comprises determining a total quantity of sugar in a product.

11. The computer-implemented process of claim 8, wherein comparing the list of ingredients to a restriction based upon nutritional totals required by the customer comprises determining a total quantity of carbohydrates in a product.

12. The computer-implemented process of claim 8, wherein comparing the list of ingredients to a restriction based upon nutritional totals required by the customer comprises determining a total quantity of sodium in a product.

13. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, further comprising providing to the customer a process upon the portable computerized device to edit the shopper profile.

14. The computer-implemented process of claim 1, further comprising providing to the customer upon the display an option to reject the item based upon the alert.

15. A computerized server comprising:

a user preference database comprising stored information about a customer including an allergy of the customer;

a product identification module including programming to identify a particular product based upon a scan by the customer of an item to be purchased;

a store product database comprising information about the particular product including a list of ingredients within the product; and

a data output module providing to a portable computerized device of the customer the information about the customer including the allergy and the information about the particular product including the list of ingredients.

16. A software application including programming to provide a customer with information about an item to be purchased, the application comprising:

within a processor of a portable computerized device, programming to;

monitor a scan of the item to be purchased;

automatically reference a remote database to reference a list of ingredients in the item to be purchased;

cross-reference the list of ingredients to a shopping profile of the customer; and

display an alert to the customer upon a display of the portable computerized device based upon the cross-referencing.

17. The software application of claim 16, wherein the programming to cross-reference the list of ingredients to the shopping profile comprises programming to compare the list of ingredients to an allergy of the customer.

18. The software application of claim 16, wherein the programming to cross-reference the list of ingredients to the shopping profile comprises programming to compare the list of ingredients to a dietary restriction of the customer.