Shopping Tool
First Claim
1. A computer enabled shopping list generating system comprising a brand and food item database, a list generator for receiving a plurality of item identifiers each said identifier linked to one of a plurality of food items, and a shopping list organizer and further comprising one or more electronic devices configured to employ the list generator to generate a shopping list and the shopping list organizer to organize said shopping.
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Abstract
The shopping tool employs a shopping list generator that uses an inventory management module, user input, or a recipe module to generate a shopping list. A list organizer uses a store selection and its associated store layout comprising locations of food items to order the list relative to the items'"'"' locations in the store. The organizer may take into account the shopper'"'"'s past shopping pattern in the selected store when ordering the items on the list. Selection from the recipe module results in populating the ingredients on the list. A warning system is also provided to identify warned food items, and provide substitute suggestions.
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17 Claims
- 1. A computer enabled shopping list generating system comprising a brand and food item database, a list generator for receiving a plurality of item identifiers each said identifier linked to one of a plurality of food items, and a shopping list organizer and further comprising one or more electronic devices configured to employ the list generator to generate a shopping list and the shopping list organizer to organize said shopping.
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8. The system of claim 8 wherein said shopping list organizer reorders the shopping list relative to the location of each of said plurality of food items in said store layout.
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10. A computer enabled shopping method and list generating system comprising:
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a) a list generator for receiving at least one source of a plurality of item identifiers each said identifier linked to a unique food item; b) means to selectively remove each of said plurality of unique food items as each is acquired; c) means to select a store from a list; d) a list organizer for compiling the order of removal of food items from said list and generate a store layout for said store associating each of said plurality of unique food items with a location identifier. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A system for generating a shopping list using at least one electronic device said system comprising a plurality of store layouts each associated with a particular store;
- a list of stores with which a store layout is associated;
a plurality of items each item having an identifier;
means for loading at least some of said plurality of items and corresponding item identifier in the memory of said electronic device;
means for selecting a store from said list; and
a shopping list organizer for generating a shopping list organized according to location of each of said plurality of items in the selected store.
- a list of stores with which a store layout is associated;
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13. An electronic system comprising an electronic learning device with access to an electronic physical layout for each of a plurality of stores, said electronic learning device capable of receiving and storing an indicator corresponding to each of a plurality of items and another indicator corresponding to acquisition and locations of each of said items as each said item is acquired.
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