Online shopping apparatus and method of performing communication with terminal storing unrewritable identification information
First Claim
1. An online shopping apparatus comprising:
- a communication circuit that communicates with a user'"'"'s terminal and a terminal of an online shopping dealer, said user'"'"'s terminal storing unrewritable identification information for identifying the user'"'"'s terminal itself, said user'"'"'s terminal reading out said identification information, and sending said identification information and article information representing an article selected for purchase to said online shopping apparatus when a user enters said article information;
a storage circuit that stores in advance said identification information, and stores in advance data indicative of a name of the user and data indicative of a destination designated by said user both corresponding to said identification information;
a receiving circuit connected to said communication circuit that receives said article information and said identification information from said user'"'"'s terminal;
a retrieving circuit connected to said receiving circuit and said storage circuit that retrieves said stored data corresponding to said received identification information;
a producing circuit connected to said retrieving circuit that produces the user'"'"'s information for specifying said user'"'"'s name and said designation based on said retrieved data; and
a sending circuit connected to said communication circuit and said producing circuit that sends said article information and said produced user'"'"'s information to the terminal of said online shopping dealer.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone stores unrewritable identification data for identifying its own hardware. A user enters order data specifying an article selected by the user for purchase into the mobile telephone. The mobile telephone reads out the identification information, and sends the identification data and the order data. An online shopping method includes the steps of preparing a name and an address of the user of the mobile telephone corresponding to the identification information, reading out the name and address of the user of the mobile telephone based on the identification data when the identification data and the order data are received from the mobile telephone, and sending the order data and the user'"'"'s name and address to a computer of an online shopping dealer.
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15 Claims
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1. An online shopping apparatus comprising:
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a communication circuit that communicates with a user'"'"'s terminal and a terminal of an online shopping dealer, said user'"'"'s terminal storing unrewritable identification information for identifying the user'"'"'s terminal itself, said user'"'"'s terminal reading out said identification information, and sending said identification information and article information representing an article selected for purchase to said online shopping apparatus when a user enters said article information;
a storage circuit that stores in advance said identification information, and stores in advance data indicative of a name of the user and data indicative of a destination designated by said user both corresponding to said identification information;
a receiving circuit connected to said communication circuit that receives said article information and said identification information from said user'"'"'s terminal;
a retrieving circuit connected to said receiving circuit and said storage circuit that retrieves said stored data corresponding to said received identification information;
a producing circuit connected to said retrieving circuit that produces the user'"'"'s information for specifying said user'"'"'s name and said designation based on said retrieved data; and
a sending circuit connected to said communication circuit and said producing circuit that sends said article information and said produced user'"'"'s information to the terminal of said online shopping dealer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An online shopping apparatus comprising:
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communication means for communicating with a user'"'"'s terminal and a terminal of an online shopping dealer, said user'"'"'s terminal storing unrewritable identification information for identifying the user'"'"'s terminal itself, said user'"'"'s terminal reading out said identification information, and sending said identification information and article information representing an article selected for purchase to said online shopping apparatus when a user enters said article information;
storage means for storing in advance said identification information and storing in advance data indicative of a name of the user and data indicative of a destination designated by said user both corresponding to said identification information;
receiving means connected to said communication means for receiving said article information and said identification information from said user'"'"'s terminal;
retrieving means connected to said receiving means and said storage means for retrieving said stored data corresponding to said received identification information;
producing means connected to said retrieving means for producing the user'"'"'s information for specifying said user'"'"'s name and said designation based on said retrieved data; and
sending means connected to said communication means and said producing means for sending said article information and said produced user'"'"'s information to the terminal of said online shopping dealer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An online shopping method for use by an online shopping apparatus performing communication between a user'"'"'s terminal and a terminal of an online shopping dealer, wherein said user'"'"'s terminal stores unrewritable identification information for identifying the user'"'"'s terminal itself, said user'"'"'s terminal reads out said identification information, and sends said identification information and article information representing an article selected for purchase to said online shopping apparatus when a user enters the article information,
said online shopping method comprising the steps of: -
preparing in advance said identification information, data representing a user'"'"'s name and corresponding to said identification information, and data representing a destination designated by said user and corresponding to said identification information;
receiving said article information and said identification information from said user'"'"'s terminal;
retrieving said data stored corresponding to said received identification information;
preparing user information for specifying said user'"'"'s name and destination based on said retrieved data; and
sending said article information and said prepared user information to the terminal of said online shopping dealer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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