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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Paul A. Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to provide a shopping cart for a shopper, and segment items in the shopping cart based on the carbon footprint associated with each item. Additionally, the method may include displaying substitute or complementary items in the shopping cart for selection by the user to reduce total carbon values, and awarding carbon certificates.