29. The automated shopping method of claim 27 , wherein the management system used in tracking uses a device to request information which is one of (a) an avatar which is an animated image generated automatically by the system or (b) a simulated interviewer and uses a device to accept input of the information requested in digital form or as verbal input converted into digital form.
27. The automated shopping method of claim 19 , further comprising revising the score using a rescoring system that resides in program code within the at least one processor and that automatically corrects the score based on correction factors.