System and Method for Enhanced Shopping
OwnerShmuel Zalman Benediktinventor
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a system and method for remote shopping. A user connects to a networked system by means of a cellphone, PDA, personal computer, telephone, or the like. The networked system comprises a database of merchants, merchant locations, stocked items, available items, item prices, customers, customer locations, customer histories, delivery options, timing options, stored orders, executed orders, and associated data. By means of the networked system, a customer can browse items by availability, price, merchant, and the like, and carry out orders including payment and delivery terms. Order aggregation is implemented, whereby multiple users can aggregate items over time into a shared stored order, which is fmalized, paid for, and sent.
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1-18. (canceled)
A method for remote shopping consisting of the steps:
- a. providing a networked server having a database and communication means;
- b. obtaining product data from a set of merchants and storing this data in said database;
- c. obtaining customer data from a set of customers and storing this data in said database;
- d. creating lists of items to purchase by means of browsing said product data;
- e. requiring said users to pay for items on said list by use of payment means;
- f. delivering said purchased items to said customers by transport means;
- wherein said product data is selected from the group consisting of:
- product availability, merchant locations, number of stocked items, product prices, product locations, product expiration dates, and product creation dates, and further wherein said lists of items to purchase are selected from the group consisting of:
- lists of items to purchase, strikepoint lists, favorites lists, and recommended lists.
A system for remote shopping consisting of:
- a. a networked server having a database and communication means;
- b. product data obtained from a set of merchants, said product data stored in said database;
- c. customer data obtained from a set of customers, said customer data stored in said database;
- d. lists of items to purchase created by customers by means of browsing said product data;
- e. payment means allowing said users to pay for items on said lists;
- f. delivery means adapted to deliver said items to said customers;
- wherein said product data is selected from the group consisting of:
- product availability, merchant locations, number of stocked items, product prices, product locations, product expiration dates, and product creation dates, and further wherein said lists of items to purchase are selected from the group consisting of:
- lists of items to purchase, strikepoint lists, favorites lists, and recommended lists.
A standalone device adapted for remote shopping consisting of:
- a. identification means adapted to identify the user of said device;
- b. communication means linking said device and a merchant;
- c. selection means allowing said user to select items for purchase from said merchant;
- d. payment means adapted to allow said user to purchase said items from said merchant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.