US 6,609,107 B1 · Duty-free article shopping mall operating method on computer network and system using the same

Abstract

A method and system for operating a duty-free article shopping mall provides only a user whose exit and/or entry is confirmed with services such as order, payment and delivery of duty-free articles via a computer network. The method and system include the steps of introducing information supported by duty-free shops from numerous nations to a client machine, and determining what kind of information is selected by the user; requiring the user to input user information in accordance with a result of the determination, and identifying and confirming the information related to exit and/or entry status of the user and credit information. The method and system provides the selected information when the user is authorized, and provides foreign travelers or the general public with information related to duty-free articles of all the countries of the world. Other useful information and services such as order, payment and delivery of the articles via computer network enable expansion of duty-free article markets and provide convenience for the user.

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Dependent claims

A duty-free article shopping mall operating method on a computer network interconnecting one or more client machines, an information institution for inquiry of exit and entry status and an approval center for credit inquiry with a server of a duty-free article shopping mall site, the operating method comprising the steps of:

(a) introducing duty-free article-related information or service information supported by duty-free shops of numerous nations to the client machine connected to the server through the network, and determining what kind of information is selected by user;
(b) requiring the user to input personal information and credit information when the user selects information for purchasing the duty-free articles, identifying and confirming the input information by comparing with registration information in the server and inquiring the input information via the network, and determining whether the user has authorization for purchasing the duty-free articles in accordance with exit and/or entry status and credit status of the user;
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(c) providing the user having the authorization for purchasing the duty-free articles with the selected duty-free article-related information and/or service information.

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A duty-free article shopping mall operating system on a computer network connecting one or more client machines with a server of a duty-free article shopping mall site, wherein the server forms an introduction information database for introducing duty-free article-related information or service information supported by duty-free shops of numerous nations to the client machine through the network and a registration information database for determining whether a user is registered;

and wherein the operating system determines what kind of information is selected by the user, requires the user to input personal information and credit information when the user selects information for purchasing the duty-free articles, identifies and confirms the input information by comparing with information in the registration information database and inquiring the input information via the network, determines whether the user has authorization for purchasing the duty-free articles in accordance with exit and/or entry status and credit status of the user, and provides the selected duty-free article-related information or service information when the user is authorized.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Duty-free article shopping mall operating method on computer network and system using the same

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