Capturing product details of purchases

A computer readable medium bearing computer executable instructions which, when executed on a computing system comprising at least a processor and a memory, carry out a method capturing information of purchased items to a consumer inventory of a consumer, the method comprising:

• receiving information regarding a purchase list of a first set of purchased items from a consumer;
• for each purchased item of the first set of purchased items, adding the purchased item of the first set to the consumer inventory of the consumer, wherein the purchased item of the first set is added to the consumer inventory of the consumer as a non-specific item of inventory;
• receiving a receipt image from the consumer of a purchase receipt of a second set of purchased items, wherein at least one purchased item of the second set of purchased items is a purchase item of the first set of purchased items;
• generating receipt text from the receipt image;
• and
• repeatedly identifying a next item block of the receipt text and processing the next item block until all item blocks of the receipt text are processed, wherein processing the next item block comprises:
• extracting textual elements from the currently processed next item block;
• matching the textual elements of the currently processed next item block to a known product;
• identifying purchase information regarding the known product from the extracted textual elements;
• matching the known product to one of the purchased items of the first set of purchased items in the consumer inventory;
• updating information of the matching purchased item in the consumer inventory with the identified purchase information regarding the known product;
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• converting the matching purchased item in the consumer inventory of the consumer as a specific item of inventory.

A computing system for capturing information of purchased items to a consumer inventory of a consumer, the system comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor executes instructions stored in the memory as part of or in conjunction with additional components of computing system, the additional components comprising:

• a network communication component for communicating with one or more computing devices over a communication network;
• a consumer interface for interacting with a consumer via the network communication component, and configured to receive at least a first list of purchased items, a receipt image regarding a second list of purchased items;
• a non-specific item processor configured to process the purchased items of the first list of purchased items and update a consumer inventory associated with the consumer with the purchased items of the first list of purchased items, wherein the purchased items of the first list of purchased items are updated in the consumer inventory associated with the consumer as non-specific items;
• and
• a receipt processor configured to process the receipt image regarding a second list of purchased items, wherein at least one purchased item of the first list of purchased items is in the second list of purchased items, and wherein processing the receipt image regarding the second list of purchased items, the receipt processor is configured to:
• generate receipt text from the receipt image regarding the second list of purchased items;
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• repeatedly identify a next item block of the receipt text and process the next item block until all item blocks of the receipt text are processed, and in processing the next item block, the receipt processor is further configured to:
• extract textual elements from the currently processed next item block;
• match the textual elements of the currently processed next item block to a known product;
• identify purchase information regarding the known product from the extracted textual elements:
• match the known product to one of the purchased items of the first set of purchased items in the consumer inventory of the consumer;
• update the item of information of the matching purchased item in the consumer inventory with the identified purchase information regarding the known product;
• and
• convert the matching purchased item in the consumer inventory of the consumer as a specific item of inventory.