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System and method for creating and submitting electronic shopping lists

  • US 8,429,026 B1
  • Filed: 02/23/2001
  • Issued: 04/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an electronic shopping system including a computer device, a computer-implemented method for creating a shopping list for a user, the method comprising:

  • accessing a database storing objective descriptions of a plurality of food items, each objective description being represented via a vector including N numerical values quantifying N chemical components found in food, wherein N>

    0;

    providing to the computer device user selection of a first food item;

    associating the selected first food item with a user'"'"'s food preference, wherein the associating includes retrieving from the database the vector for the first food item and associating the N numerical values quantifying the N chemical components in the vector of the first food item as N numerical values quantifying a user'"'"'s preference for the N chemical components;

    selecting a second food item from a plurality of food items based on the selection of the first food item, the selecting including;

    retrieving from the database the vector for the second food item;

    performing an N-dimensional distance computation between the N numerical values quantifying the user'"'"'s preference for the N chemical components based on the user selection of the first food item, and the N numerical values quantifying the N chemical components in the vector of the second food item, and obtaining a single scalar value in response; and

    selecting the second food item based on the distance computation;

    under control of the computer device, presenting to the user the second food item;

    under control of the computer device, displaying one or more ingredients contained in the presented food item;

    creating, under control of the computer device, an order request including the one or more ingredients contained in the presented food item;

    automatically submitting the order request to a retailer over a data communications connection.

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