Goods sales method and goods sales apparatus

• US 20020184112A1
• Filed: 04/29/2002
• Published: 12/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Hiruma, Yutaka, Nagaoka, Tatsuji, Nomura, Kazuo
• Application Number:
  US10/129,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20020184112A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

A sale notice system wherein goods are sold by a sale notice device (3) based on a purchase request transmitted from a portable communication terminal (2A), and a sale notice device (3) transmits information corresponding to the purchase request, to a portable communication terminal (2B). When the sale notice device (3) receives the purchase request from the portable communication terminal (2A), the sale notice device (3) accesses a member database (31) to obtain settlement information of a user. And, the sale notice device (3) access goods database (32) to decide a purchase price, and transmits a settlement request, including the above information and price, to a settlement organization device (41) in a settlement organization (4). In the case that the settlement request is approved and the settlement is completed at the settlement organization (4), the sale notice device (3) transmits a delivery announcement notice to the portable communication terminal (2B) which a person at a place of delivery owns.

Claims

1. A method for sale and delivery of goods comprising:

a step of receiving a purchase request transmitted from a first communication terminal for specifying a user; and

a step of selling goods based on said purchase request, and transmitting information corresponding to said purchase request, to a second communication terminal for specifying a user.

2. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claim 1,

wherein said second communication terminal is a communication terminal corresponding to a place of delivery for said goods.

3. A method of sale and delivery of goods according to claim 2,

wherein information corresponding to said purchase request includes said goods information.

4. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claim 3,

wherein said information is the one stating where said goods information is.

5. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claim 2,

wherein information corresponding to said purchase request includes information showing a user of said first communication terminal.

6. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claim 5,

wherein information for showing said user, is a telephone number for said first communication terminal.

7. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claim 6,

wherein said first communication terminal and said second communication terminal comprise a function whereby users of each communication terminal are able to communicate with each other.

8. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claim 2,

wherein information corresponding to said purchase request includes delivery information for confirmation of said goods;

and

wherein said second communication terminal transmits said delivery information for confirmation to said first communication terminal following delivery of said goods.

9. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claim 2,

wherein information corresponding to said purchase request includes a delivery date for said goods.

10. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claim 2,

wherein delivery information for said goods is notified to said first communication terminal.

11. A method for sale and delivery of goods according to claims 1-10,

wherein said communication terminal is a portable communication terminal.

12. A device for sale and delivery of goods comprising:

a means for receiving a purchase request transmitted from a first communication terminal for specifying a user;

a means for selling goods based on said purchase request; and

a means for transmitting information corresponding to said purchase request, to a second communication terminal for specifying a user.