System and apparatus for managing tasks
First Claim
1. A system having a memory coupled to a controller, wherein the controller is operable to:
- receive a grocery list from a communication device of a user;
identify a location in a store for each item in the grocery list;
determine a selection order for the items in the grocery list based on the identified location of each item and based on reducing ambient exposure time of at least one of the items;
adjust the grocery list according to the selection order; and
transmit the adjusted grocery list to a device for conducting grocery shopping according to the adjusted grocery list.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to present a plurality of selectable commodity items, detect one or more selections from the plurality of commodity items, generate a list from the one or more commodity items selected, and transmit the list to a system. The system can be adapted to receive the list from the communication device, determine a selection order for the items in the list based on a location of each item in a store and at least one characteristic of at least one of the items, update the list according to the selection order, and transmit the updated list to a device for conducting commodity shopping according to the adjusted list. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A system having a memory coupled to a controller, wherein the controller is operable to:
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receive a grocery list from a communication device of a user; identify a location in a store for each item in the grocery list; determine a selection order for the items in the grocery list based on the identified location of each item and based on reducing ambient exposure time of at least one of the items; adjust the grocery list according to the selection order; and transmit the adjusted grocery list to a device for conducting grocery shopping according to the adjusted grocery list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-readable instructions, which, when loaded in and executed by a computer, causes the computer to:
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receive a grocery list of items from a communication device; determine a selection order for the items in the grocery list based on a location of each item in the grocery list in a store and based on reducing ambient exposure time of at least one of the items in the grocery list; update the grocery list according to the selection order; and transmit the updated grocery list to a device to navigate through a grocery store according to the adjusted grocery list. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A communication device, comprising a controller to:
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present a plurality of selectable commodity items; detect one or more selections from the plurality of commodity items; generate a list of items from the one or more commodity items selected; and transmit the list of items to a system adapted to; receive the list of items from the communication device; determine a selection order for the items in the list based on a location of each items in the list in a store and based on reducing ambient exposure time of at least one of the items in the list; update the list according to the selection order; and transmit the updated list to a device for conducting commodity shopping according to the adjusted list. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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