Patent ID: 8166040

Claim:
A system for organizing a shopping experience of an associated user, the system comprising: a data input configured to receive, from the associated user during each of a plurality of transactions, first input specifying a corresponding plurality of user-selected items; a non-transitory data storage configured for storing generic assortment data corresponding to each of the plurality of user-selected items, the data storage further being configured for storing user-defined category data representative of item categories assigned by the associated user to selected ones of the plurality of items included in the generic assortment data, the user-defined category data comprising at least one of a user-defined sales outlet associated with a first set of the plurality of user-selected items, a user-defined location within a sales outlet associated with a second set of the plurality of user-selected items or a user-defined category naming designation associated with a third set of the plurality of user-selected items, the data storage further being configured for storing received brand data representative of item brand identifications associated with selected ones of the plurality of items included in the generic assortment data; a user input configured to receive, from the associated user, a list generation instruction; and, a list generator, responsive to the list generation instruction, configured to compile the plurality of user-selected items specified during each of the plurality of transactions and to generate categorized item list information including selected generic assortment data items representative of the user-selected items categorized in accordance with the user-defined category data such that the selected generic assortment data items representative of the user-selected items are listed contiguously and associatively with a corresponding user-defined category, and such that at least one brand identification is selectively listed in association with at least one corresponding generic assortment data item.