TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING SUBSTITUTES FOR PRODUCTS INDICATED IN AN ELECTRONIC SHOPPING LIST

• US 20140214590A1
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Argue, Stuart, Marcar, Anthony Emile
• Application Number:
  US13/754,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

Health related attributes of a consumable product can be used to propose substitutes for the product. A computer-implemented method to propose substitutes includes receiving from a user an original shopping list comprising the consumable product, determining health related attributes for the product, generating a proposed healthy choice substitute for the product based upon the health related attributes, and displaying the proposed healthy choice substitute to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving from a user, in a computerized device, an original shopping list comprising a consumable product;

determining, in the computerized device, health related attributes for the product;

generating, in the computerized device, a proposed healthy choice substitute for the product based upon the health related attributes; and

displaying the proposed healthy choice substitute to the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the user, in the computerized device, the original shopping list comprising a plurality of consumable products;

determining, in the computerized device, health related attributes for the plurality of products;

generating, in the computerized device, sets of proposed healthy choice substitutes for a portion of the plurality of products based upon the health related attributes; and

displaying the proposed healthy choice substitutes to the user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein displaying the proposed healthy choice substitutes comprises displaying the proposed healthy choice substitutes to the user for selection as substitutes to the respective products from the original shopping list;

further comprising;

monitoring a user input to the displayed proposed healthy choice substitutes; and

generating an updated shopping list based upon the user input.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

monitoring the user inputs over time through a series of iterations of original shopping lists; and

adjusting, in the computerized device, the generation of the sets of proposed healthy choice substitutes based upon the user inputs monitored over time.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein adjusting the generation of the sets of proposed healthy choice substitutes comprises utilizing a machine learning algorithm to analyze the user inputs monitored over time.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing user preferences regarding the generation of the sets of proposed healthy choice substitutes; and

limiting, in the computerized device, a quantity of the sets of proposed healthy choice substitutes based upon the stored user preferences.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing user preferences regarding the generation of the sets of proposed healthy choice substitutes; and

limiting, in the computerized device, a diversity between one of the proposed healthy choice substitutes and a corresponding product from the original shopping list based upon the stored user preferences.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

analyzing, in the computerized device, the plurality of consumable products from the original shopping list to identify a probable recipe intended by the user;

determining, in the computerized device, health related attributes for the probable recipe;

generating, in the computerized device, a set of proposed healthy choice substitute recipes for the probable recipe based upon the health related attributes; and

displaying the proposed healthy choice substitute recipes to the user.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying to the user a summary of health related benefits achieved based upon the proposed healthy choice substitutes.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting, in the computerized device, feedback from the user regarding the proposed healthy choice substitute; and

adjusting, in the computerized device, subsequent sets of proposed healthy choice substitutes based upon the requested feedback.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the health related attributes for the product comprises determining for the product a health related attribute selected from

calories per serving of the product,

fat per serving of the product,

carbohydrates per serving of the product,

simple carbohydrates per serving of the product,

sugar per serving of the product,

protein per serving of the product,

fiber per serving of the product, and

sodium per serving of the product.

12. A computerized application operable upon a computerized device, the application configured to:

in the computerized device,

monitor an original shopping list of a user including a plurality of consumable products,

reference health related attributes for the consumable products,

propose, through a graphical display of the computerized device, an update to the original shopping list based upon the referenced health related attributes.

13. The computerized application of claim 12, wherein the application is further configured to, in the computerized device, present to the user a one tap button to generate the proposed update.

14. The computerized application of claim 12, wherein the application is further configured to, in the computerized device, present to the user an aggressiveness slider to affect the proposed update.

15. A healthy choice substitution server having a processing device, the substitution server comprising:

a healthy choice substitution module configured to;

a) receive an item from an original shopping list from a remote portable computerized device, the item indicating a consumable product,

b) determine health attributes for the item, and

c) determine one or more proposed substitutes for the item based upon the determined health attributes.

16. The server of claim 15, further comprising a substitution database configured to stores a list of candidate substitutes for a plurality of items;

and

wherein the healthy choice substitution module is further configured to determine the one or more proposed substitutes for the item further based upon the list of candidate substitutes.

17. The server of claim 15, further comprising a dietary algorithm module configured to process a plurality of shopping lists of the user;

and

wherein the healthy choice substitution module is further configured to determine the one or more proposed substitutes for the item further based upon the processed shopping lists.