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US 7,461,012 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for simplified e-commerce shopping via home shopping terminals
AssigneeElbex Video Ltd.
InventorDavid Elberbaum
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AssigneeElbex Video Ltd.
InventorDavid Elberbaum
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In a method and apparatus for connecting an e-shopping facility such as an e-concierge station or an e-service or an e-merchandise provider including a custom software, with an e-shopping appliance, such as a television interphone monitor or a shopping terminal, or a television receiver including central processing unit and a memory, via a communication network such as a private network, public network or the internet and through an interface unit, wherein e-shopping tenant software programs complementing the custom software of the e-shopping facility are installed into the memory of the central processing unit which enables the central processing unit to select and process orders for e-service and/or e-merchandise on the basis of the installed tenant programs. A shopping signal of a compiled order is generated and propagated between the shopping appliance and the interface unit and processed through the interface unit. An interfaced shopping signal is then communicated between the interface unit and the e-shopping facility.
A method for connecting a registered e-shopping facility in a registered e-shopping environment, said e-shopping facility including a detailed software program tailored to at least one registered tenant and selected from the group comprising a programmed e-service provider, a programmed e-merchandise provider and a combination thereof, via a communication network selected from the group comprising a private network, a dedicated network, a public network, the internet and combinations thereof, with at least one e-shopping appliance including a memory and a central processing unit selected from the group comprising a television interphone monitor, a shopping terminal, a television set, an interactive television set and combinations thereof, through internal communication lines selected from the group comprising an analog communication line, a digital communication line, a network line, a cable television line, a television antenna line and a combination thereof and through at least one interface unit selected from the group comprising a television interphone monitor interface, a shopping terminal interface, an interactive television interface and combinations thereof, the method comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for connecting a registered e-shopping facility in a registered e-shopping circuit, said e-shopping facility including detailed software program tailored to at least one registered tenant and selected from the group comprising a programmed e-service provider, a programmed e-merchandise provider and a combination thereof, via a communication network selected from the group comprising a private network, a dedicated network, a public network, the internet and combinations thereof, with at least one registered e-shopping appliance selected from the group comprising a television interphone monitor, a shopping terminal, a television set, an interactive television set and combinations thereof, through internal communication lines selected from the group comprising an analog communication line, a digital communication line, a network line, a cable television line, a television antenna line and a combination thereof and through at least one interface unit selected from the group comprising a television interphone monitor interface, a shopping terminal interface, an interactive television interface and combinations thereof;
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