Method and apparatus for collecting information relating to the possible consumer purchase of one or more products
OwnerCatherine E. Allin-Bradshaw, Betsy J. Stewartinventors
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Abstract
A method for collecting information related to the sale of products includes simulating a shopping environment, displaying a plurality of products within the simulated shopping environment, and collecting information based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of products by a user.
Claims23
A method for collecting information related to the possible consumer purchase of products, said method comprising:
- simulating a shopping environment;
- displaying a plurality of products within the simulated shopping environment;
- and
- collecting information based on an opportunity to select at least one of the plurality of products by a user.
A simulated shopping environment comprising at least one client system, a database, and a server electronically coupled to said at least one client system and said database, wherein said server is configured to:
- simulate a shopping environment on said client system;
- display a plurality of products within the simulated shopping environment;
- and
- collect information based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of products by a user.
A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for collecting information related to the sale of products, said computer program comprising a code segment configured to:
- simulate a shopping environment;
- display a plurality of products within the simulated shopping environment;
- and
- collect information based on a selection of at least one of the plurality of products by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.