Appeal No. 2004-0528 Page 5
Application No. 09/204,018
selected from the at least one item described in the item advertisement received
from the network-connected nonmerchant provider;
a third consumer mechanism that receives an input from the consumer to
identify from the plurality of purchase lists a purchase list on which the selected
item is to be saved;
a fourth consumer mechanism that receives a consumer input identifying a
third party consumer with whom the identified purchase list is to be shared; and
a fifth consumer mechanism that transmits the identified purchase list to
the identified third party consumer.
LeRoy's invention relates generally to a product information system for selecting,
monitoring and purchasing of products in a retail establishment, and more
particularly, to a system for registering gift requests in a national database which is
updatable to reflect customer purchases so that other customers can search the
database and retrieve a current list to avoid making duplicate purchases. LeRoy
teaches (column 2, lines 16-67) that:
The system includes a product selection device, a data processor, a registry
retrieval device, a point-of-sale data input device, and a host computer. The
product selection device identifies desired items selected by a registrant, such as
wedding or birthday gifts, and routes the desired items to a registry database on
a host computer. The data processor is adapted to communicate with the product
selection device to thereby collect the desired items selected by the registrant
and route the desired items to the host computer. The registry retrieval device is
configured to retrieve updated registry data from the host computer in response
to a request from a purchasing customer. The retrieval device has an output unit
for displaying an updated list of items in the registry database. Once a customer
has chosen a desired item for the registrant (i.e. a registered gift), the customer
typically goes to a checkout counter where the point-of-sale data input device
identifies the desired item for routing to the host computer. The host computer
has a storage unit for maintaining the registry database and a data processor for
processing selection and purchasing transactions. Thus, desired items
consecutively selected by the registrant are added to the registry database to
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