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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1997
Dale S. Howard, DesMoines, IA (US);
Jennifer R. Messer, Norwalk, IA (US);
Gregory J. Delamore, DesMoines, IA (US);
Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for h household grocery management is provided. The system includes a bar code scanner ( ) operable to scan a bar code on a grocery item and to provide bar code data obtained thereby. The system also includes a computer system ( ) coupled to receive the bar code data provided by the bar code scanner ( ). The computer system ( ) has a fixed data storage storing a grocery inventory ( ) and a processor executing a grocery management application ( ). The grocery management application ( ) operates to process the bar code data to identify a scanned grocery item, to maintain the grocery inventory ( ), and to generate a replenishment list ( ) of grocery items based upon differences between current grocery inventory ( ) and defined full levels for the household ( ).
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