Patent ID: 6246998
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
An Internet based home grocery shopping system including a personal computer system configured for Internet access, the system comprising:a store server configured to host an Internet access application program and including an Internet communication interface and a control processor;a mass storage device coupled to the store server;a master PLU database stored in the mass storage unit, the PLU database including data representing item identification, price and weights and measures metrics, each said metric associated with an item of merchandise, the PLU database further including an environmental storage metric identifying an environment suitable for storing said item of merchandise; andmeans for summing the merchandise item information metrics, including the weights and measures metrics, the means for summing further including means for displaying the summed metrics on a display screen of a personal computer system, thereby allowing a consumer to visually inspect a size and weight characteristic of an electronic order.