Automated system for managing baby care products
US8032426B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/18
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-based online system for managing a plurality of registries of baby care product selections, where each of the plurality of registries is uniquely associated with a respective one of a plurality of users, and where each baby care product selection corresponds to a baby care product selected at the online system or one of a plurality of retailers, includes a database to electronically store data records corresponding to the plurality of registries, and an application server communicatively coupled to the database. The application server includes a baby care product selector to automatically process a request to add a baby care product selection to a specified one of the plurality of registries, and update at least one data record in the database in accordance with the request, wherein the request is automatically generated by an application running on a smart device; and a purchase manager to automatically process a purchase selection, where the purchase indication is associated with a selection of a certain baby care product included in the specified one of the plurality of registries for purchase by a participant.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.