Shopping cart
OwnerEdward L. Johnseninventor
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Abstract
A shopping display system for organizing a shopping list in accordance with the locations of products in a store and for displaying promotions in response to a product being scanned by a product scanner. The shopping list may be generated with the assistance of a cash register tape bearing the product bar codes associated with the purchased products. The product scanner is mounted on a shopping cart so that promotions are issued in response to the products while the shopper is in the middle of the shopping visit. This system includes a display mounted on the shopping cart and a product code scanner. The system may also be provided with a disk drive, keypad and wireless communications.
Claims22
A shopping list display system for use in a store comprising:
- means for receiving data corresponding to a shopping list;
- first database means for identifying a location in said store for each item in said shopping list;
- means, in communication with said receiving means and said first database means, for organizing said shopping list in order of the location of the items on the list;
- and
- means, in communication with said organizing means, for displaying a list of items from said shopping list in order of location as provided by said organizing means.
A shopping cart merchandising system comprising:
- a shopping cart;
- a programmable display mounted on said shopping cart;
- means for controlling said display;
- a product code scanner;
- means, in communication with said controlling means and said scanner, for providing a merchandise promotion in response to a product code scanned by said product scanner, said merchandise promotion including a discount offer displayed on said display by said controlling means;
- and
- user activated means for inputting a response into said merchandising system such that the discount offer may be accepted.
A shopping cart merchandising system comprising:
- a shopping cart;
- a programmable display mounted on said shopping cart;
- means for controlling said display;
- a product code scanner;
- and
- means, in communication with said controlling means and said scanner, for providing a merchandise promotion in response to a product code scanned by said product scanner, said merchandise promotion including a discount offer displayed on said display by said controlling means, wherein the discount offer is for a product complementary to the product corresponding to the product code scanned.
A shopping cart merchandising system comprising:
- a shopping cart;
- a programmable display mounted on said shopping cart;
- means for controlling said display;
- a product code scanner;
- and
- means, in communication with said controlling means and said scanner, for providing a merchandise promotion in response to a product code scanned by said product scanner, said merchandise promotion being displayed on said display by said controlling means and including a discount offer for additional purchases of the product corresponding to the product code scanned.
A shopping cart merchandising system comprising:
- a shopping cart;
- a programmable display mounted on said shopping cart;
- means for controlling said display;
- a product code scanner;
- means, in communication with said controlling means and said scanner, for providing a merchandise promotion in response to a product code scanned by said product scanner, said merchandise promotion being displayed on said display by said controlling means;
- and
- wireless communication means for receiving a revised merchandise promotion to be provided by said providing means in response to a product code scanned by said product scanner.
A method for generating a shopping list comprising:
- purchasing goods during a first shopping trip to a store;
- printing a receipt listing the goods purchased and bar codes corresponding to the good purchased;
- scanning the bar codes of selected goods on said receipt for a second shopping trip;
- storing a list of products identified by said scanned bar codes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.