Method of purchasing goods on internet through identification of actual object

• US 20030139974A1
• Filed: 11/08/2002
• Published: 07/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Keun-Woo Lee
• Original Assignee: Keun-Woo Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Keun-Woo
• Application Number:
  US10/275,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20030139974A1
• 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 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

A method of purchasing goods in the Internet electronic commerce, which enables a user to identify the goods actually, includes the steps of registering the user as a member and endowing the user with ID, allocating a virtual cart to each member and issuing a membership card, then the member inputting product information of goods to be potentially purchased with the membership card in an actual store, and then displaying the product information stored in the virtual cart to the user through Internet so that the user selects goods for purchasing.

Claims

1. A method of purchasing goods in an Internet Electronic Commerce system through identification of an actual entity of the goods, comprising the steps of:

(a) a web server registering a service user as a member by input of user information;

(b) endowing a member ID to the registered member and assigning a virtual cart to each member;

(c) issuing to the member a member card in which the user information is stored;

(d) the member putting a product ID of a product in the virtual cart by presenting the member card while observing the product in a real store;

(e) the web server reading and showing the product ID stored in the virtual cart to the member when the member accesses the web server; and

(f) the member purchasing the product according to a predetermined purchasing procedure.

2. The member as claimed in claim 1,

wherein, in the step (d), when the member presents the member card to a terminal, provided to each product or each product group in the real store,

the terminal automatically reads the user information stored in the member card and transmits the user information to a store server together with the product ID of a product associated to the terminal, and then the store server collects the product IDs from the terminal and puts the collected product IDs into the virtual cart of the corresponding member in the web server.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein, in the step (d), when the member presents the member card to a terminal, provided to each product or each product group in the real store,

the terminal automatically reads the user information stored in the member card and transmits the user information to a store server together with the product ID of a product associated to the terminal, and then the store server puts the product ID into the virtual cart of the corresponding member in real time.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein, in the step (d), when the member presents the member card to a terminal, provided to each product or each product group in the real store,

the terminal automatically reads the user information stored in the member card and puts the user information into the virtual cart in the web server together with the product ID of a product associated to the terminal, in real time.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1

wherein, in the step (d), there is provided a terminal which has a bar code recognizing device for recognizing a product ID stored in a bar code of each product and a reading device for reading out the user information stored in the member card,

wherein the terminal reads the user information from the member card and the product ID from the bar cord of the product to be purchased and then sends the user information and the product ID to the web server;

and

wherein the web server puts the product ID into the virtual cart of the corresponding member.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein, in the step (d), there is provided a portable card writer which has a bar code recognizing device for recognizing a product ID stored in a bar code of each product and a product ID writing device for writing the product ID, recognized by the bar code recognizing device, in the member card,

wherein the portable card writer recognizes the product ID from the bar code of a product to be purchased and writes the product ID in the member card,

wherein, when the member presents the member card to a member card reader accessible to the Internet, the member card reader reads out the user information and the product ID from the member card and then sends the user information and the product ID to the web server, and

wherein the web server puts the product ID into the virtual cart of the corresponding member.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein, in the step (d), when the member collects product ID cards prepared for each product in a shape of a business card and presents the cards to a card reader,

the card reader reads the user information from the member card and the product ID from the product ID card of the product to be purchased and then sends the user information and the product ID to the web server;

and

the web server puts the product information into the virtual cart of the corresponding member.

17. The method as claimed in any of claims 1 to 15,

wherein, when receiving a request of purchasing a product, the web server informs the real store, a manufacturer and a delivery service provider of information about the purchased product so as to manufacture and deliver the product to a buyer.

18. The method as claimed in any of claims 1 to 16,

wherein the product ID substantially includes a store classification code, a product classification code and a date of issue.

19. The method as claimed in any of claims 1 to 11,

wherein the member card is a touch or non-touch IC card or RF electronic card in a shape of a business card.

8. A method of purchasing goods in an Internet Electronic Commerce system through identification of an actual entity of the goods, comprising the steps of:

(i) a web server registering a service user as a member by inputting user information;

(ii) endowing an member ID to the registered member;

(iii) issuing a member card to the member;

(iv) writing a product ID of a product into the member card when the member having the member card desires to purchase the product in a real store;

(v) the member accessing the web server by using the member ID and then reading and sending the product ID written in the member card to the web server by using a user terminal;

(vi) the web server displaying detailed information of the product to the user terminal; and

(vii) the member purchasing the product according to a predetermined purchasing procedure.

9. The member as claimed in claim 8,

wherein, in the step (iv), when the member presents the member card to a terminal, provided to each product or each product group in the real store,

the terminal automatically writes the product ID of the corresponding product in the member card.

10. The member as claimed in claim 8,

wherein, in the step (iv), there is provided a portable card writer having a bar code recognizing device for recognizing the product ID stored in a bar code of each product and a reading device for reading out the user information stored in the member card, and

wherein the portable writer writes the product ID in the member card by recognizing the bar code of the corresponding product.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8,

wherein, in the step (iv), when the member collects product ID cards in a shape of a business card and presents the product ID cards to a store terminal of the real store together with the member card,

the store terminal writes the product ID corresponding to the product ID cards in the member card.

12. A method of purchasing goods in an Internet Electronic Commerce system through identification of an actual entity of the goods, comprising the steps of:

(A) a web server registering a service user as a member by input of user information;

(B) endowing an member ID to the registered member and assigning a virtual cart to each member;

(C) putting a product ID of a product into the virtual cart of the member when the member inputs the member ID and the product ID of a product to be purchased in a terminal while observing the product in a real store;

(D) reading and showing the product ID stored in the virtual cart to the user terminal when the member accesses the web server; and

(E) the member purchasing the product according to a predetermined purchasing procedure.

13. The member as claimed in claim 12,

wherein, in the step (C), when the member inputs the member ID in the terminal, provided to each product or each product group in the real store,

the terminal sends the member ID to a store server together with the product ID associated with the terminal, and

the store server then collects the product IDs and puts the collected product IDs into the virtual cart of the corresponding member in the web server.

14. The member as claimed in claim 12,

wherein, in the step (C), when the member inputs the member ID in the terminal, provided to each product or each product group in the real store,

the terminal sends the member ID to a store server together with the product ID associated with the terminal, and

the store server then puts the product ID into the virtual cart of the corresponding member in the web server, in real time.

15. The member as claimed in claim 12,

wherein, in the step (C), when the member sends the product ID of a product to be purchased by using a portable communication terminal of the member while observing the product in the real store,

the web server puts the product ID into the virtual cart of the corresponding member.

16. A method of purchasing goods in an Internet Electronic Commerce system through identification of an actual entity of the goods, comprising the steps of:

(I) a web server registering a service user as a member by input of user information;

(II) endowing an member ID to the registered member;

(III) obtaining a product ID of a product in a real store while the member is in the real store; and

(IV) the web server providing detailed product information corresponding to the product ID to a user terminal of the member when the member accesses the web server and inputs the product ID.