Website and mobile app for shopping list price comparison
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorLinh HANKINS
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Abstract
A method of pricing a shopping list includes receiving input effective to generate a shopping list identifying multiple different items. The method also includes identifying pricing data of the different items, the pricing data including: a unit cost of each of the different items at multiple different locations, each of the different locations being associated with a different one of multiple merchants; and discounts applicable to one or more of the different items. The method also includes generating a comparison table based on the pricing data. The comparison table includes a price comparison of the shopping list between the merchants.
Claims20
A method of pricing a shopping list, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, input effective to generate a shopping list identifying a plurality of different items;
- identifying, by a processor, pricing data of the plurality of different items, the pricing data including:
- a unit cost of each of the plurality of different items at a plurality of different locations, each of the plurality of different locations being associated with a different one of a plurality of merchants;
- and
- discounts applicable to one or more of the plurality of different items;
- and
- generating, by a processor, a comparison table based on the pricing data, the comparison table including a price comparison of the shopping list between the plurality of merchants.
A system of pricing a shopping list, the system comprising:
- an input interface configured to receive input identifying a plurality of different items;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the input interface and configured to generate a shopping list identifying the plurality of different items;
- and
- a communication interface communicatively coupled to the processor, the processor being further configured to query a network through the communication interface to identify pricing data of the plurality of different items, the pricing data including:
- a unit cost of each of the plurality of different items at a plurality of different locations, each of the plurality of different locations being associated with a different one of a plurality of merchants;
- and
- discounts applicable to one or more of the plurality of different items;
- the processor being further configured to generate a comparison table based on the pricing data, the comparison table including a price comparison of the shopping list between the plurality of merchants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.