System, computer-readable storage medium, device, and method for managing grocery shopping

US7801774B2 · 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 21, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2010
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2028

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 system having a controller to receive a grocery list from a communication device of a user, identify a location in a store for each item in the grocery list, determine a selection order for the items in the grocery list based on the identified location of each item, adjust the grocery list according to the selection order and the location of each item, and transmit the adjusted grocery list to a device in the store for conducting grocery shopping according to the adjusted grocery list. Other embodiments are disclosed.