Patent ID: 7424447

Claim:
A selection system for enabling a user to locate and select one or more items within a geographic area, comprising: (a) a selection server, including i. a database storing availability information and location information about a plurality of items within said area, ii. an input/output system communicating with a portable computer containing a user created list of a plurality of items to be located by said user within said area, and iii. a computer comparing said list against said availability information to determine if each item on said list is available for selection within said area, to determine a physical location of said available items on said list within said area, to create a location indicator for a first available item on said list within said area, to receive a status state for said first available item from said user indicating whether said user has selected said first available item, to create a second location indicator for a second available item on said list within said area, to receive a second status state for said second available item from said user indicating whether said user has selected said second available item, and to repeat a process of creating additional location indicators for each additional available item on said list within said area once a status state for a previous available item on said list has been received from said user until said user has indicated said status state for each of said available items on said list; whereby said location indicator for said first available item, said second available item, and each additional available item is communicated from said selection server to said portable computer so as to enable said user to locate said first available item, said second available item, and each additional available item.