SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTING ITEMS IN A SHOPPING CART BY CARBON FOOTPRINT

Patent №

US 8,738,432

Granted

2014-05-27

Filed 2008

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

1

planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12276757

A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to provide a shopping cart for a shopper, and segment items in the shopping cart based on the carbon footprint associated with each item. Additionally, the method may include displaying substitute or complementary items in the shopping cart for selection by the user to reduce total carbon values, and awarding carbon certificates.

PlanningG06Q 30/0631G06Q 30/0222G06Q 30/06G06Q 30/0601G06Q 90/00

AI classification

Planning0.65
Natural language0.22
Vision0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
AI hardware0.00
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 218830129

Assignors

HAMILTON, RICK A., II, LYLE, RUTHIE D., MOSKOWITZ, PAUL A., PICKOVER, CLIFFORD A.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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