US 2006/0143091 A1 · Shopping assistant method and system

Abstract

A shopping assistant method and system provides a consumer with a mobile terminal in a shopping mall as a shopping assistant. The consumer can input a shopping list to the mobile terminal in advance and login at an entrance of the shopping mall in a wireless way for sending the shopping list to a remote server in the shopping mall. The remote server finds goods in the shopping list from its database that have identical names and other goods having information that meets with a pre-stored preference condition, and then sends the information found to the mobile terminal for display. Accordingly, the consumer can conveniently compare prices among numerous goods and quickly get the desired goods, or the closest ones. When the consumer finishes shopping, the remote server further deducts the amount from a personal financial account so as to complete an e-commerce.

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Dependent claims

A shopping assistant method, which is used in a shopping mall that sells plural goods, comprising the steps:

(A) providing a mobile terminal to be portable in a shopping mall;
(B) establishing a shopping list in the mobile terminal, the shopping list having at least one goods name to be purchased;
(C) sending the shopping list from the mobile terminal to a remote server with a database, the database storing a plurality of goods information associated with selling goods available in the shopping mall, each goods information having a goods name, a price and at least one detail data;
and
(D) searching the database for the goods, thereby finding a goods information with goods name identical to the goods name in the shooping list and at least one detail data meeting with a preference condition and then sending the goods information found to the mobile terminal for displaying the identical goods name and its price at least.

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A shopping assistant system, which is used in a shopping mall that sells plural goods, the system comprising:

at least one mobile terminal having a microprocessor, a display and a first data communication device and storing a shopping list with at least one goods name to be purchased;
and
a remote server having a database and a second data communication device, the database storing a plurality of information associated with selling goods available in the shopping mall, each information having a goods name, a price and at least one detail data;
wherein the mobile terminal uses the first data communication device to send the shopping list to the second data communication device, the remote server accordingly searches the database for the goods in order to find a goods information with goods name identical to the goods name in the shopping list and at least one detail data meeting with a preference condition, thereby sending the goods information found to the mobile terminal for at least displaying the goods name identical and its price on the display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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