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System and method for household grocery management

  • US 6,513,017 B1
  • Filed: 04/14/1997
  • Issued: 01/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for household grocery management, comprising:

  • maintaining a current grocery inventory for a household using a bar code scanner to scan new and used grocery items;

    comparing the current grocery inventory to a list of desired groceries;

    determining shortages based upon comparing the current grocery inventory to the list of desired groceries;

    generating a replenishment list in response to the determined shortages;

    sending the replenishment list to a grocery clearing house across a communications network, the grocery clearing house servicing a plurality of grocery stores;

    storing a plurality of recipes which each include at least one ingredient; and

    receiving a request to initiate automatic meal analysis, wherein the meal analysis includes the steps of;

    comparing the grocery inventory to the ingredients of the stored recipes;

    suggesting meals in response to the comparing step, wherein the suggested meals are based on selected said recipes;

    identifying ingredients from the selected recipes which are absent from the grocery inventory; and

    adding the absent ingredients to the replenishment list.

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