US 2003/0195808 A1 · Managing retailer product disbursement

Abstract

In accordance with the method, system and program of the present invention, multiple broadcasts of products are detected in a common transmittable data format at a portable computer system associated with a particular user from multiple retailer server systems when the portable computer system is within a particular proximity of multiple diverse store locations each respectively associated with one of the multiple retailer server systems. The broadcasts of products are analyzed at the portable computer system according to consumer preferences for the particular user. Output of a selection of products from among the multiple broadcasts of products is controlled to an output interface controlled by the portable computer system, in response to the analysis, such that a portable computer system may manage product selections from multiple diverse store locations for a particular user according to the consumer preferences for the particular user.

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Dependent claims

A method for electronically managing shopping, said method comprising the steps of:

detecting a plurality of broadcasts of products in a common transmittable data format at a portable computer system associated with a particular user from a plurality of retailer server systems when said portable computer system is within a particular proximity of a plurality of diverse store locations each respectively associated with one of said plurality of retailer server systems;
analyzing said plurality of broadcasts of products at said portable computer system according to consumer preferences for said particular user;
and
controlling output of a selection of products from among said plurality of broadcasts of products to an output interface controlled by said portable computer system, in response to said analysis, such that said portable computer system manages product selections from said plurality of diverse store locations for said particular user according to said consumer preferences for said particular user.

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A system for electronically managing shopping, said system comprising:

means for detecting a plurality of broadcasts of products in a common transmittable data format at a portable computer system associated with a particular user from a plurality of retailer server systems when said portable computer system is within a particular proximity of a plurality of diverse store locations each respectively associated with one of said plurality of retailer server systems;
means for analyzing said plurality of broadcasts of products at said portable computer system according to consumer preferences for said particular user;
and
means for controlling output of a selection of products from among said plurality of broadcasts of products to an output interface controlled by said portable computer system, in response to said analysis, such that said portable computer system manages product selections from said plurality of diverse store locations for said particular user according to said consumer preferences for said particular user.

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A method for managing product disbursement from a retailer, said method comprising the steps of:

filtering a database of products available from a particular retailer according to security preferences designated at a server system associated with said particular retailer;
and
broadcasting said filtered database of products in a particular transmittable data format across a particular range, wherein a portable computer system within said particular range is able to retrieve said filtered database of products.

A system for managing product disbursement from a retailer, said system comprising:

means for filtering a database of products available from a particular retailer according to security preferences designated at a server system associated with said particular retailer;
and
means for broadcasting said filtered database of products in a particular transmittable data format across a particular range, wherein a portable computer system within said particular range is able to retrieve said filtered database of products.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Managing retailer product disbursement

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Abstract

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