Jennifer R Messer

US Patent:

20020120534, Aug 29, 2002

Filed:

Mar 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/094173

Inventors:

Dale Howard - DesMoines IA, US
Jennifer Messer - Norwalk IA, US
Gregory Delamore - DesMoines IA, US

Assignee:

Electronic Data Systems Corporation - Plano TX

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/028000

Abstract:

A system for 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 ().

US Patent:

6513017, Jan 28, 2003

Filed:

Apr 14, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/833229

Inventors:

Dale S. Howard - DesMoines IA
Jennifer R. Messer - Norwalk IA
Gregory J. Delamore - DesMoines IA

Assignee:

Electronic Data Systems Corporation - Plano TX

International Classification:

G06F 1700

US Classification:

705 28, 705 14

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 ( ).