System and method for providing optimized shopping list

• US 7,726,563 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2005
• Issued: 06/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mygrocerydeals.Com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mygrocerydeals.Com, Inc.
• Inventors: Scott, John, Davis, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Seung H
• Application Number:
  US11/261,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20060113383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• Field of Search: 235/383, 235/385, 705/26
• US Class Current: 235/383
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

Method and system for providing an optimized shopping list for grocery items based on preferences such as geographical market, retail grocery brand, dietary requirement of the shopper. Shoppers may retrieve, and update a stored list or generate a new list at a regular time interval, taking the advantage of time-dependent movement of the price.

Claims

1. A method of providing a shopping list for grocery items by a web application comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a price information from an information provider;

b) storing the received price information in a database at the web application;

c) receiving an input having a list including a plurality of items and a price requirement;

d) determining presence of each item of the list in the database based on the requirement;

e) optimizing the items of the list using the received information in the database; and

f) generating an optimized shopping list of the plurality of items.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database further stores dietary information.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of items includes grocery items.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information provider is selected from the group consisting of grocery store, newspaper publisher, distributor, manufacturer and a combination thereof.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information is provided by a flyer.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the information in the flyer is input manually in the database.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

a) determining presence of each item of the list in the database based on a dietary requirement; and

b) optimizing the items of the list using the received information in the database, the price requirement and the dietary requirement.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

optimizing the items of the list using the received information in the database, the price requirement, the dietary requirement and a personal preference.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input is received in a user input.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database is the first database, and the input is received from a second database of the web application.

11. A computer readable medium storing instructions or statements for use in the execution in a computer of a method for providing a shopping list for grocery items by a web application, the method comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a price information from an information provider;

b) storing the received price information in a database at the web application;

c) receiving an input having a list including a plurality of items and a price requirement;

d) determining presence of each item of the list in the database based on the requirement;

e) optimizing the items of the list using the received information in the database; and

f) generating an optimized shopping list of the plurality of items.

12. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the plurality of items includes grocery items.

13. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the information provider is a flyer.

14. A computing device comprising:

a) receiver for receiving a price information from an information provider;

b) storage for storing the received price information in a database at the web application;

c) receiver for receiving an input having a list including a plurality of items and a price requirement;

d) means for determining presence of each item of tbe list in the database based on the requirement;

e) optimizer for optimizing the items of the list using the received information in the database; and

f) generator for generating an optimized shopping list of the plurality of items.

15. The computing device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the plurality of items includes grocery items.

16. The computing device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the information provider is a flyer.