Commercial product routing system with video vending capability

A method for directing and exchanging on-line and off-line communications under control of a traffic control system to accomplish transactions that relate to merchandise or a service available for purchase, the method involving selectively interfacing a video storage device storing video data for one or more vendors with buyers at remote locations using wireless video communication structures and with a capability to electronically communicate through a public communication system, comprising the steps of:

• interfacing the buyers with the traffic control system in communication with one or more vendors, through the wireless video communication structures and the public communication system wherein certain buyers electronically communicate with the traffic control system via lines of the public communication system;
• receiving request data to initiate a transaction at the traffic control system entered by an interfaced buyer to indicate an area of interest concerning the merchandise or the service and including an indication of a maximum amount offered by the interfaced buyer for select merchandise or service, at least certain of the request data also for communication with the video storage device having stored video data relating to a plurality of different vendors;
• receiving identification data at the traffic control system provided by the interfaced buyer;
• storing at least a part of the request data from the interfaced buyer at the traffic control system and using at least a part of it to selectively obtain proposed data at least in part from the video storage device having stored video data relating to the different vendors and responsive to the interfaced buyer's request data;
• as part of said proposed data selectively displaying stored video data from said video storage device as well as graphic data including text at wireless video communication structure at the remote location used by said interfaced buyer to allow the buyer to view the video data and the graphic data relating to the request data prior to making a purchase;
• also storing at the traffic control system, billing data including a record of charges incurred for each buyer relating to transactions initiated by interfaced buyers;
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• electronically transmitting an indication of confirmation relating to the transaction initiated after an interface between the interfaced buyer and the traffic control system is terminated.