Patent ID: 8429026
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. In an electronic shopping system including a computer device, a computer-implemented method for creating a shopping list for a user, the method comprising: accessing a database storing objective descriptions of a plurality of food items, each objective description being represented via a vector including N numerical values quantifying N chemical components found in food, wherein N>0; providing to the computer device user selection of a first food item; associating the selected first food item with a user's food preference, wherein the associating includes retrieving from the database the vector for the first food item and associating the N numerical values quantifying the N chemical components in the vector of the first food item as N numerical values quantifying a user's preference for the N chemical components; selecting a second food item from a plurality of food items based on the selection of the first food item, the selecting including: under control of the computer device, presenting to the user the second food item; under control of the computer device, displaying one or more ingredients contained in the presented food item; creating, under control of the computer device, an order request including the one or more ingredients contained in the presented food item; automatically submitting the order request to a retailer over a data communications connection.