US 8,015,076 B2 · Interactive internet shopping and data integration method and system

Abstract

A method and system for interactively shopping for groceries, especially on an Internet web site, where the user may create a shopping list, shop for items from the list at a selected grocery store, arrange for pick up or delivery of the selected items, and provide payment. A user may also download a created shopping list to a handheld computing device (e.g., PDA) or print the list with reference to the layout of a particular grocery store. Users are required to register and provide specific demographic information (useful to manufacturers and stores) to be eligible to receive the benefits of use of the web site, such as menu creation, coupon downloads, menu planning, and recipe input. Shopping lists may be created from a single input screen using standard language text. Products may be automatically suggested to the user based on best regular price or retailer's specials. Recipes may be altered to meet numbers of servings or to comply with dietary requirements.

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Dependent claims

A computer system, relating to online grocery shopping, comprising:

a) at least one first database to store at least one organized listing of generic grocery-item descriptions;
b) at least one second database to store at least one organized listing of particular grocery item descriptions;
c) at least one first computer processor to relate at least one generic grocery-item description to at least one particular grocery item description;
d) at least one third database to store information about at least one plurality of grocery stores;
e) at least one fourth database to store, for each grocery store, comparison information relating to at least particular grocery item description;
f) at least one first interface to permit selection of at least one generic grocery-item description from the at least one organized listing of generic grocery-item descriptions;
g) at least one second computer processor, responsive to selection of at least one generic grocery-item description, to present comparison information about at least one particular grocery item available in at least two grocery stores;
and
h) at least one second interface to permit selecting at least one particular grocery item to be purchased at a selected grocery store.

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Interactive internet shopping and data integration method and system

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