System and apparatus for managing tasks

US10769709B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Anup D. Karnalkar · Allen, US
• R. Tyler Wallis · Dallas, US
• William S. Robbins · Sun Prairie, US
• Susan Steele · Tifton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2020
• Expiry date: May 13, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0639
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to present a plurality of selectable commodity items, detect one or more selections from the plurality of commodity items, generate a list from the one or more commodity items selected, and transmit the list to a system. The system can be adapted to receive the list from the communication device, determine a selection order for the items in the list based on a location of each item in a store and at least one characteristic of at least one of the items, update the list according to the selection order, and transmit the updated list to a device for conducting commodity shopping according to the adjusted list. Other embodiments are disclosed.