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Automated system for managing baby care products

US8032426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 2010
Grant dateOct 4, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 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.

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