System and method for segmenting items in a shopping cart by carbon footprint
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRick A. Hamilton, II, Ruthie D. Lyle, Paul A. Moskowitz, Clifford A. Pickover
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Abstract
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to provide a shopping cart for a shopper, and segment items in the shopping cart based on the carbon footprint associated with each item. Additionally, the method may include displaying substitute or complementary items in the shopping cart for selection by the user to reduce total carbon values, and awarding carbon certificates.
Claims20
A computer program product for facilitating environmental stewardship in electronic commerce comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:
- display an online shopping display screen including a plurality of items selected for purchase by a user in an online shopping cart;
- obtain carbon values associated with each of the plurality of items;
- assign a maximum total weight of carbon for the online shopping cart;
- calculate a total weight of carbon for the plurality of items based on the carbon values;
- determine that the total weight of carbon has exceeded the maximum total weight of carbon;
- based on the determining that the total weight of carbon has exceeded the maximum total weight of carbon, automatically obtain an additional item that is a substitute for one of the plurality of items selected for purchase, wherein a carbon value associated with the additional item is lower than the carbon value associated with the one of the plurality of items;
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- automatically display on the online shopping display screen, by the computing device, the additional item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.