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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2019
Inmar Clearing, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Alise Raak, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephanie Hagan, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Lori D. Jones, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Karen Mattingly, High Point, NC (US);
Amber Shew, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Cheryl Vogler, Lewisville, NC (US);
INMAR CLEARING, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A food item system may include a remote device associated with a given shopper and a weight sensor associated with a food product display that includes food items. The food item system may also include a food item processing server configured to add at least one user selected food item from among the food items to a virtual shopping cart associated with the given shopper based upon proximity of the remote device to the food product display and a change in weight from the weight sensor indicative that the at least one user selected food item has been removed from the food product display. The food item processing server may also be configured to communicate the virtual shopping cart of the given shopper for checkout.