Patent ID: 8032572

Claim:
A mobile communications device-implemented method, comprising: retrieving, by the mobile communications device, information associated with a personal inventory stored in a personal inventory database and associated with a user of the mobile communications device; retrieving, by the mobile communications device, additional information, where the additional information is associated with another personal inventory stored in the personal inventory database, and where the other personal inventory is associated with another user who is associated with another communications device; providing the mobile communications device and to the user, a recommendation for purchasing a new personal inventory item based on the retrieved information and the retrieved additional information; displaying, by the mobile communications device, an input personal inventory option, a search personal inventory option, and a search loaned personal inventory option based on the retrieved personal inventory information; receiving, by the mobile communications device, a selection of one of the input personal inventory option, the search personal inventory option, or the search loaned personal inventory option; receiving, by the mobile communications device, information associated with the new personal inventory item in response to the input personal inventory option being selected; displaying, by the mobile communications device, search personal inventory information in response to the search personal inventory option being selected; and displaying, by the mobile communications device, search loaned personal inventory information in response to the search loaned personal inventory option being selected.