| US 7,487,913 B2 | ||
| Method and system for reducing waste due to product spoilage within a grocery environment | ||
| Roger Lee Adema, Raleigh, N.C. (US); and Robert S. Hoblit, Raleigh, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/457,021. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0011836 A1, Jan. 17, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—383 [235/385] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A computer implemented method for tracking time sensitive items in a cart, the computer implemented method comprising:
identifying a cart determined as an abandoned cart, the abandoned cart containing an item identified by a barcode that has
been scanned, wherein the cart is determined as abandoned after a period of inactivity;
determining whether the item in the abandoned cart has exceeded a time-based alert threshold; and
responsive to determining that the item has exceeded the time-based alert threshold, alerting personnel of the abandoned cart.
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