Trial purchase system and customer information gathering system
First Claim
1. A method of trial purchase for allowing users of a plurality of terminals connected to commodity providing means through a network to experience a purchase procedure of a commodity provided from said commodity providing means through said network, said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying information on a commodity provided from said commodity providing means for trial purchase on said terminal; and
performing said purchase procedure for trial purchase by the user using said terminal.
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Abstract
Commodity providing means for providing commodities or the like in online shopping provides a plurality of terminals with information on commodities for trial purchase, and when a commodity for trial purchase is specified on a terminal, the commodity is provided to a destination designated on the terminal. In this manner, a user can experience a commodity purchase procedure in online shopping by using the information on commodities for trial purchase provided from the commodity providing means.
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59 Claims
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1. A method of trial purchase for allowing users of a plurality of terminals connected to commodity providing means through a network to experience a purchase procedure of a commodity provided from said commodity providing means through said network, said method comprising the steps of:
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displaying information on a commodity provided from said commodity providing means for trial purchase on said terminal; and
performing said purchase procedure for trial purchase by the user using said terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A trial purchase system comprising:
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a plurality of terminals; and
commodity providing means connected to said plurality of terminals through a network for displaying information on a commodity for trial purchase on said terminal and providing said commodity for trial purchase to a destination designated on said terminal when said commodity for trial purchase is specified on said terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of gathering customer information on users of a plurality of terminals from said terminals connected to a network, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing said terminal with information on a commodity for trial purchase to allow experience of a procedure of commodity purchase through said network; and
causing entry of customer information on a user who makes an order for a commodity based on said commodity information into said terminal when said order is received. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A customer information gathering system comprising:
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a plurality of terminals; and
information gathering means connected to said plurality of terminals through a network for providing said terminal with information on a commodity for trial purchase to allow experience of a procedure of commodity purchase through said network and requiring entry of customer information on a user who makes an order for a commodity based on said commodity information when said order is received. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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- 56. A selling system, connected to a plurality of terminals through a network and held by a company, organization or the like providing a commodity in response to an order from said plurality of terminals, for providing a commodity for trial purchase for allowing users of said terminals to experience a purchase procedure of said commodity to a destination designated on said terminal, said selling system comprising means for displaying information on said commodity for trial purchase on said terminal and making an order to provide said commodity for trial purchase to said destination designated on said terminal when said commodity is specified on said terminal.
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