Systems and methods for price searching and intelligent shopping lists on a mobile device

1. A system for providing a shopping list, the system comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

receive input data containing product identification information;

determine location information of a product identified by the product identification information;

obtain, from a location system associated with a mobile device, a current location of the mobile device; and

determine a proposed route from the current location to a location of the product identified by the location information based at least in part on a number of user selected locations to include in the proposed route and a prioritized list of factors provided by the user, wherein

the prioritized list of factors is arranged in an order priority by the user, wherein the order of priority is a ranking by the user of each factor in a list of factors presented to the user;

the prioritized list of factors includes lowest overall cost of the product, whether the user needs the product as soon as possible, whether the product is available at a physical store or website, whether the lowest cost is within a predetermined percentage difference from a cost within the received input data, and whether the product is available at a location within a certain distance of the current location; and

the location of the product is selected based at least in part on a received request from the user to determine the proposed route.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the input data is provided by one or more of the following: a user selecting an item from a web site having product identification information, a user electronically reading an items tag with a mobile device, or a user manually inputting information.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one subsystem that searches price information for the product before determining a proposed route.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the at least one subsystem that searches comprises:

at least one subsystem that uses the product identification information to automatically search for other similar products whose prices are available electronically; and

at least one subsystem that compares prices of the similar products to a price of the product identified by the product identification information.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the proposed route is determined based at least in part upon one or more of the following: the comparison of prices of the similar products, locations of the similar products, whether the similar products are available in a stores stock of products.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the proposed route is determined based at least in part upon the distance of a location having a product from a current location of a user.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising at least one subsystem that displays the proposed route on a user's mobile device.

8. A method for providing a shopping list, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device having a computer processor and computer-readable code stored on a computer-readable medium and executable by the computer processor, input data containing product identification information;

determining, by the computing device, location information of a product identified by the product identification information;

obtain, from a location system associated with a mobile device, a current location of the mobile device; and

determining, by the computing device, a proposed route from the current location to a location of the product identified by the location information based at least in part on a number of user selected locations to include in the proposed route and a prioritized list of factors provided by the user, wherein

the prioritized list of factors is arranged in an order priority by the user, wherein the order of priority is a ranking by the user of each factor in a list of factors presented to the user;

the prioritized list of factors includes lowest overall cost of the product, whether the user needs the product as soon as possible, whether the product is available at a physical store or website, whether the lowest cost is within a predetermined percentage difference from a cost within the received input data, and whether the product is available at a location within a certain distance of the current location; and

the location of the product is selected based at least in part on a received request from the user to determine the proposed route.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the input data is provided by one or more of the following: a user selecting an item from a web site having product identification information, a user electronically reading an items tag with a mobile device, or a user manually inputting information.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising searching, by the computing device, price information for the product before determining a proposed route.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the searching comprises:

using the product identification information to automatically search for other similar products whose prices are available electronically; and

comparing prices of the similar products to a price of the product identified by the product identification information.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the determining a proposed route comprises determining a proposed route based at least in part based upon one or more of the following: the comparison of prices of the similar products, locations of the similar products, whether the similar products are available in a stores stock of products.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the determining a proposed route comprises determining a proposed route based at least in part upon the distance of a location having a product from a current location of a user.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising displaying, by the computing device, the proposed route on a user's mobile device.

15. A computer readable code for providing a shopping list stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, which when executed causes a processor to:

receive input data containing product identification information;

determine location information of a product identified by the product identification information;

obtain, from a location system associated with a mobile device, a current location of the mobile device; and

determine a proposed route from the current location to a location of the product identified by the location information based at least in part on a number of user selected locations to include in the proposed route and a prioritized list of factors provided by the user, wherein

the prioritized list of factors is arranged in an order priority by the user, wherein the order of priority is a ranking by the user of each factor in a list of factors presented to the user;

the prioritized list of factors includes lowest overall cost of the product, whether the user needs the product as soon as possible, whether the product is available at a physical store or website, whether the lowest cost is within a predetermined percentage difference from a cost within the received input data, and whether the product is available at a location within a certain distance of the current location; and

the location of the product is selected based at least in part on a received request from the user to determine the proposed route.

16. The computer-readable code of claim 15 wherein the input data is provided by one or more of the following: a user selecting an item from a web site having product identification information, a user electronically reading an items tag with a mobile device, or a user manually inputting information.

17. The computer-readable code of claim 15 wherein the computer-readable code, when executed, causes the computer processor to search price information for the product before determining a proposed route.

18. The computer-readable code of claim 17 wherein the computer-readable code, when executed, causes the computer processor to:

use the product identification information to automatically search for other similar products whose prices are available electronically; and

compare prices of the similar products to a price of the product identified by the product identification information.

19. The computer-readable code of claim 18 wherein the computer-readable code, when executed, causes the computer processor to determine a proposed route based at least in part based upon one or more of the following: the comparison of prices of the similar products, locations of the similar products, whether the similar products are available in a stores stock of products.

20. The computer-readable code of claim 18 wherein the computer-readable code, when executed, causes the computer processor to determine a proposed route based at least in part upon the distance of a location having a product from a current location of a user.

21. The computer-readable code of claim 15 wherein the computer-readable code, when executed, causes the computer processor to display the proposed route on a user's mobile device.

22. The system of claim 1 , wherein the location system comprises a mobile device global positioning system (GPS).