Abstract: A computer system provides one or more lists of product combinations to one or more shoppers over one or more networks. The computer system comprises one or more central processing units (CPUs), one or more memories, and one or more network interfaces to one or more networks. An electronic shopping assistant process implemented on the computer system receives one or more inputs of constraints from shoppers, sends out the inputs to one or more shopping list generating processes in one or more stores, receives one or more lists of recommended product combinations that satisfy the given constraints, and allows shoppers to view and select one or more product combinations from received lists.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 2000
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2005
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Jayant R. Kalagnanam, Ying Tat Leung, Andrew J. Davenport, Juhnyoung Lee