Patent ID: 11915295
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing a product in at least one of the one or more digital shopping carts to a corresponding product and a corresponding purchasing preference on the shopping list, for at least one of the one or more digital shopping carts further comprises:
identifying a list product to be scored, wherein the list product is a product on the shopping list;
identifying a cart product that corresponds to the list product, wherein the cart product is a product in one of the one or more digital shopping carts;
comparing the cart product to one or more purchasing preferences associated with the list product;
assigning a purchasing preference weight to each of the one or more purchasing preferences, wherein the purchasing preference weight represents a relative importance of the one or more purchasing preference;
assigning a purchasing preference score to each of the one or more purchasing preferences, wherein the purchasing preference score represents how well the cart product matches the one or more purchasing preferences;
calculating a weighted purchasing preference score for each of the one or more purchasing preferences, wherein the weighted purchasing preference score is the product of the purchasing preference weight and the purchasing preference score of the one or more purchasing preferences;
calculating a product score, wherein the product score is an average of the weighted purchasing preference scores for each of the one or more purchasing preferences; and
calculating a cart score, wherein the cart score is the sum of the product scores for each product in the one or more digital shopping carts.