SCANNABLE RECIPE CARD TO ADD ITEMS TO SHOPPING LIST

• US 20140144977A1
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Argue, Stuart, Marcar, Anthony Emile
• Granted Patent: US 9,135,652 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

A system and method for automatically importing retail grocery products into an electronic shopping list by importing the ingredients listed on a recipe card, page in a recipe book, or the like. The recipe card may contain an identifier code that is uniquely associated with that recipe. The identifier code may be presented on the recipe card as a bar code. The system includes a database of recipes that returns a list of products when queried with a recipe identifier code. A user may scan or otherwise import the recipe identifier code through a mobile computing device, which then presents the ingredients as products in an electronic shopping list. The electronic shopping list may be implemented in a smartphone app.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of adding one or more products to a shopping list comprising:

associating, in a recipe database, a recipe identification code with a recipe;

receiving, at an application server, the recipe identification code from a mobile computing device; and

transmitting product information to the mobile computing device, wherein the product information pertains to one or more products called for in the recipe.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting price information to the mobile computing device, wherein the price information is associated with the one or more products.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising compiling a shopping list that includes the one or more products.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising distributing a card having the recipe identification code and the recipe printed thereon.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the card is a page in a recipe book.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the one or more products with the recipe in a database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprise information related to a physical, in-store location of at least one retail product.

8. A system for adding a group of products to a shopping list comprising:

a product database having product information linked to corresponding product codes;

a recipe database having one or more product codes linked to a unique recipe identification code;

an application server adapted to;

receive the unique recipe identification code from a mobile computing device;

transmit the unique recipe identification code to the recipe database;

receive product information from the product database; and

transmit the product information to the mobile computing device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the product information includes price information and in-store product location.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising an application installed on the mobile computing device, wherein the application is adapted to display a shopping list comprising one or more products that are associated with the unique recipe identification code.

11. A method of inputting a shopping list into a mobile computing device, comprising:

scanning a recipe card;

receiving information from a remote computer, wherein the information is related to at least one ingredient listed on the recipe card;

adding at least one retail product to a shopping list, wherein the at least one retail product corresponds to the at least one ingredient; and

displaying the shopping list.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein scanning a recipe card comprises scanning a bar code on a recipe card.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein scanning a recipe card comprises directing a smartphone camera at the recipe card.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein scanning a recipe card comprises directing an augmented reality head-mounted display camera at the recipe card.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the information is related to an in-store location of the least one retail product.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising selectively removing at least one retail product from the shopping list.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the recipe card comprises a page in a book.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein scanning a recipe card occurs in a retail store.