Shopping support computing device

A computing device for communicating with an external device and prompting the external device to return data relevant to user inputs made through the computing device, comprising:

• a display for displaying a graphical user interface;
• a communication interface for communicating with an external device;
• and
• a processor configured by a program to carry out the steps of:
• receiving a first user input designating a category of merchandise;
• detecting the name of the category in the first user input;
• controlling the display to display the first user input in the graphical user interface;
• receiving a second user input indicating whether acquisition of additional information associated with the merchandise has been requested;
• controlling the communication interface to transmit the first user input, the detected name of the category, and the second user input;
• and
• controlling the display to display, in the graphical user interface, category information, the category information being related to the category designated by the first user input;
• controlling the display to replace the detected name of the category with a registered name associated with the detected name of the category when the external device returns the registered name in response to the transmission of the detected name;
• controlling the display to display, in the graphical user interface, the additional information in conjunction with the category information when the second user input indicates acquisition of the additional information has been requested, wherein
• the additional information includes memo information associated with the merchandise or at least one item of the merchandise in the category of merchandise.