[Infowarrior] - IBM patents "paper or plastic?"

[Richard Forno]

Words fail me......

(c/o KP)

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United States Patent 	7,407,089
Patrick 	August 5, 2008
System and method for determining packaging preference

Abstract

There is disclosed a method and system for determining packaging
preference of a customer by identifying the customer using a customer
identifier, and retrieving available packaging preference information
using the customer identifier. In an embodiment, the customer's  
packaging
preference information for a particular identified item is retrieved and
graphically communicated. In another embodiment, customer packaging
preference information based on a quantity of items is retrieved and
graphically communicated. Customer packaging preference information  
based
on both the identified items and the quantity of items may also be
retrieved and graphically communicated. Inventors:  Patrick; Kyle N.
(British Columbia, CA) Assignee:  International Business Machines
Corporation (Armonk, NY) Appl. No.:  11/490,412 Filed:  July 20, 2006
Foreign Application Priority Data
				Aug 24, 2005 [CA] 2517060