System and method for providing nutritional information and incentives via a mobile device
AssigneeepcSolutions, Inc.
InventorsKevin J. Kail, Mark Widman
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Abstract
The invention is directed toward systems and methods facilitating access to manufacturer verified nutritional information of food items and incentives, for example, coupons, discount codes, and the like, using a mobile device, for example, a smartphone, and the like. Scans of food item barcodes or RFID tags facilitate retrieval of information associated with said barcodes or RFID tags via the GS1 system of standards for managing goods.
Claims20
A method for facilitating access to manufacturer verified nutritional information and incentives via a mobile device comprising the steps of:
- accessing a database of manufacturer verified nutritional information and incentives related to food items which have been tagged under a GS1 system standard on a mobile device;
- scanning a global key standard affixed to a food item;
- and,
- retrieving previously uploaded nutritional information and incentives for said food item from a product information database.
A method for facilitating access to nutritional information and incentives via a mobile device comprising the steps of:
- inputting manufacturer verified nutritional information and incentives related to specific food items into a dedicated product information database using the GS1 system of standards;
- accessing said product information database on a mobile device;
- scanning a GS1 system barcode affixed to a food item;
- and,
- retrieving nutritional information and incentives for said scanned food item from said product information database.
A method for facilitating access to nutritional information and incentives via a mobile device comprising the steps of:
- inputting manufacturer verified nutritional information and incentives into a product information database;
- associating said nutritional information and incentives with a GS1 identified food item;
- accessing said product information database on a mobile device;
- scanning a product identification tag affixed to a food item;
- and,
- retrieving nutritional information and incentives associated with said product identification tag and its related food item from said product information database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.