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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Ellen T. Glassman, Closter, NJ (US);
Mark F. Schraad, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Kevin M. Flowers, Chicago, IL (US);
Yu Z. Chico, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marisa L. Mcclearn, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel S. Grimm, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher M. Munoz, Chicago, IL (US);
Emil Gentolizo, Chesnee, SC (US);
Ellen T. Glassman, Closter, NJ (US);
Mark F. Schraad, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Kevin M. Flowers, Chicago, IL (US);
Yu Z. Chico, Los Altos, CA (US);
Marisa L. McClearn, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel S. Grimm, Chicago, IL (US);
Uki D. Lucas, Mundelein, IL (US);
Christopher M. Munoz, Chicago, IL (US);
Emil Gentolizo, Chesnee, SC (US);
Sears Brands, L.L.C., Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
A coupon service application operated on multiple platforms, including mobile devices, PC/Internet and display screens on home appliances. The application maintains a home inventory defining the consumable products within a user's home and a shopping list defining the consumable products the user wishes to purchase, and compares the home inventory and shopping list against a database of available coupons. Users can share and save coupons, use coupons for online purchases, check their home inventory while away from home, monitor the price of certain products and compare the price against an average price and track historical savings. The application maintains a recipe bank, suggests recipes based on the home inventory, and enables users to select recipes, adding ingredients therefrom to the shopping list, all while identifying coupons for items on the shopping list and the home inventory. Users can input a budget, and tracks spending against the budget.