Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, a method of electronic commerce is provided that includes: maintaining a plurality of items to be purchased; maintaining a plurality of item identifiers corresponding to the plurality of items; receiving input from a shopper, the input comprising an item identifier associated with at least one of the plurality of items to be purchased by the shopper; maintaining purchase history for the shopper based on the input; and offering to the shopper, new items to be purchased, based on the purchase history.

Abstract: A handheld device for use by a user or a consumer, that includes a custom application and is capable of interacting with its physical environment is disclosed. The device utilizes a positioning subsystem located in the device, and a priori or dynamic knowledge locations of stores, items and other geographic position markers. The devices assists the user in identifying and purchasing items of interest, in real time with relevant and timely location based information.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, a customized method of electronic commerce is provided that includes: maintaining a plurality of items to be purchased; maintaining a plurality of item identifiers corresponding to the plurality of items; receiving input from a shopper, the input comprising an item identifier associated with at least one of the plurality of items to be purchased by the shopper; maintaining purchase history for the shopper based on the input; and offering to the shopper, new items to be purchased, based on the purchase history.

Abstract: The present invention describes several embodiments in which a customer orders items from a grocery store using an electronic shopping interface that allows him or her to select a designated picker among a plurality of pickers available at the store. The designated picker is a person selected to pick perishable items from the store. This helps bridge the trust gap that consumers have with grocery stores, particularly with regard to perishable items such as vegetables. The invention enables improved customer satisfaction for the consumer and substantial business opportunity for a grocer with an online electronic commerce platform.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for applying a user interface to an electronic device including storing information relating to a user of an electronic device, wherein the stored information includes user information data and user history data, storing a template user interface, modifying the user interface based on the stored user information and the user history data, and applying the modified user interface to the electronic device, wherein the user interface enables a user to instruct the electronic device to perform operations within a shopping establishment.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for applying a user interface to an electronic device including storing information relating to a user of an electronic device, wherein the stored information includes user information data and user history data, storing a template user interface, modifying the user interface based on the stored user information and the user history data, and applying the modified user interface to the electronic device, wherein the user interface enables a user to instruct the electronic device to perform operations within a shopping establishment.

Abstract: A handheld device for use by a user or a consumer, that includes a custom application and is capable of interacting with its physical environment is disclosed. The device utilizes a positioning subsystem located in the device, and a priori or dynamic knowledge locations of stores, items and other geographic position markers. The devices assists the user in identifying and purchasing items of interest, in real time with relevant and timely location based information.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for remote ordering of goods within a shopping establishment including enabling selection between a plurality of counter services, receiving information relating to the selected counter service, enabling customization of the order for the selected counter service, transmitting the selection information, customization information and order identifying information to one of a plurality of remote devices to be fulfilled, and receiving completion data from the one of the plurality of remotes devices when the order is fulfilled.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus and computer-readable mediums, storing sets of instructions, provide for determining at least one meal combination including receiving, at a server, information identifying at least one food item; accessing, from a storage device, a set of meal combination rules; applying, at the server, the accessed set of meal combination rules to a plurality of food items; determining at least one meal combination; and transmitting the determined at least one meal combination from the server to a computing device for display. Alternatively, for generating a meal plan, including accessing a set of meal plan rules; applying the set of meal plan rules to a plurality of food items; determining a plurality of meal combinations; and transmitting the determined plurality of meal combinations from a server device to a computing device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for applying a user interface to an electronic device including storing information relating to a user of an electronic device, wherein the stored information includes user information data and user history data, storing a template user interface, modifying the user interface based on the stored user information and the user history data, and applying the modified user interface to the electronic device, wherein the user interface enables a user to instruct the electronic device to perform operations within a shopping establishment.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for applying a user interface to an electronic device including storing information relating to a user of an electronic device, wherein the stored information includes user information data and user history data, storing a template user interface, modifying the user interface based on the stored user information and the user history data, and applying the modified user interface to the electronic device, wherein the user interface enables a user to instruct the electronic device to perform operations within a shopping establishment.

Abstract: A system made up of a portable information terminal mountable on a shopping cart for providing product and advertising information while the cart is moved inside a store and an external memory device connectable to the portable information terminal, the external memory device including a memory housing, a non-volatile memory storing data in the memory housing, and a first electrical connector projecting from the housing for allowing a processor to access the stored data; the portable terminal including a terminal housing including a display, a processor in the terminal housing for causing the display to display product information and advertisements, and a second electrical connector inside the housing complementary to the first electrical connector for connecting an external memory device to the processor, the terminal housing including a passage providing access to the second electrical connector from outside the terminal housing and at least one door recessed in the passage shiftable from a first position

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for dynamically generating a document including storing a plurality of static content, information related to a user of the document, and a plurality of dynamic content associated with each of a plurality of categories associated with user information, storing a template including predetermined areas for static content and dynamic content, selecting at least one of the stored dynamic content based on the user of the document, and dynamically generating the document including the plurality of static content and the selected at least one dynamic content, wherein the dynamically generated document is displayed on a display.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums provide for storing location information of a plurality of products, receiving information from a remote electronic device, wherein the received information includes information relating to a position of the remote electronic device and identifying information of one of the plurality of products, and updating the location information of the one of the plurality of products with the position of the remote electronic device. Alternatively, systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums provide for obtaining location information of a plurality of products at an electronic device and position information of the electronic device, and transmitting the obtained location information of the one of the plurality of products and the position of the electronic device to a remote computing device, wherein the location information of the one of the plurality of products is updated at the remote computing device with the position of the electronic device.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums, consistent with principles of some embodiments of the present invention provide for managing product purchase information including receiving a list of a plurality of products to purchase at a personal computing device, wherein the list includes an indication representing whether the plurality of products have been selected for purchase, updating the list with an indication that at least one of the plurality of products has been selected for purchase when the personal computing device receives information that the one of the plurality of products has been selected, updating the list by adding at least one new product, representing ingredients of a recipe, to the list when the personal computing device receives input that the recipe has been selected; and displaying the updated list.