Systems and methods for shopping by computer

• US 20040024651A1
• Filed: 12/27/2002
• Published: 02/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jerome D. Jackson, John W. Daniel
• Original Assignee: Jerome D. Jackson, John W. Daniel
• Inventors: Daniel, John W., Jackson, Jerome D.
• Application Number:
  US10/330,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20040024651A1
• 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 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for shopping by computer.

Claims

1. In a system including a first building, and an interface including an output device, a method comprising:

detecting selection of a first instance of a first item by a first person in the first building; and

generating, responsive to the detecting step, a first signal for display by the output device at a time when the output device is displaced from the first building, the first signal representing a plurality of items, including the first item, with respective directions for purchasing the items.

2. The method of claim 1 further including inhibiting the generating step for a selected item.

3. The method of claim 1 further including inhibiting the generating step for a selected item, responsive to a signal generated by a user control in the first building.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the interface further includes an input device and the method further includes

inhibiting the generating step for a selected item, responsive to a signal generated by the input device, at a time when the input device is displaced from the first building.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the input device is in a second building.

6. The method of claim 1 further including sending the first signal to the output device.

7. The method of claim 1 further including sending the first signal to the output device at a time when the output device is displaced from the first building.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the interface further includes an input device and the method further includes

receiving, from the input device, a request to purchase a second instance of the first item, the receiving being performed at a time when the input device is displaced from the first building.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the receiving is performed at a time when the input device is in a second building.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the first person resides in the second building.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the interface is in a mobile hand set device.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the input device includes a pointing device, the respective directions are positions on the output device, and receiving includes

receiving a signal generated when the pointing device indicates a position corresponding to the first item.

13. The method of claim 8 further including crediting an entity associated with the first building, responsive to receiving the request.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the first item is represented at a position depending on the detecting step.

15. The method of claim 1 further including displaying an advertisement for an entity associated with the first building.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the system further includes a second building, and the method further includes

detecting selection of a first instance of a second item in the second building;

generating, responsive to the previous step, the first signal to include the second item.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the second item is not available for purchase in the first building.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the first item is not available for purchase in the second building.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein the method further includes

generating, responsive to the detecting step, the first signal to include an item different from and related to the first item.

20. The method of claim 1 further including determining an amount due responsive to the detecting selection of a first instance.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein the first instance of the item includes a code identifying a first company, and detecting selection of a first instance includes detecting the code with an electromagnetic detector.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the code is different from corresponding codes for items having a different color and being otherwise substantially the same as the first item.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein the code is different from a code of another item having a different size and being otherwise substantially the same as the first item.

24. The method of claim 1 further including

causing delivery of the second instance to a home, responsive to receiving the request.

25. The method of claim 1 further including carrying the first instance from the store, the carrying being performed by the first person.

26. In a system including a first building, and an interface including an output device, a processing system comprising:

a generator, responsive to detecting selection of a first instance of a first item by a first person in the first building, that generates a first signal for display by the output device at a time when the output device is displaced from the first building, the first signal representing a plurality of items, including the first item, with respective directions for purchasing the items.

27. The processing system of claim 26 further including a sender that sends the first signal to the output device.

28. The processing system of claim 26 further including a sender that sends the first signal to the output device at a time when the output device is displaced from the first building.

29. The processing system of claim 26 wherein the interface further includes an input device and the processing system further includes

an order fulfillment unit that receives, from the input device, a request to purchase a second instance of the first item, the receiving being performed at a time when the input device is displaced from the first building.

30. The processing system of claim 29 wherein the receiving is performed at a time when the input device is in a second building.

31. The processing system of claim 30 wherein the first person resides in the second building.

32. The processing system of claim 29 wherein the interface is in a mobile hand set device.

33. The processing system of claim 29 wherein the input device includes a pointing device, the respective directions are positions on the output device, and receiving includes

receiving a signal generated when the pointing device indicates a position corresponding to the first item.

34. The processing system of claim 29 further including a memory area for storing information about crediting an entity associated with the first building, responsive to receiving the request.

35. The processing system of claim 26 wherein the first item is represented at a position depending on the detecting.

36. The processing system of claim 26 further including a memory area for storing information about displaying an advertisement for an entity associated with the first building.

37. The processing system of claim 26 wherein the system further includes a second building, and the processing system further includes

detecting selection of a first instance of a second item in the second building, and the generator is also responsive to detecting selection of a first instance of a second item in the second building, to generate the first signal to include the second item.

38. The processing system of claim 37 wherein the second item is not available for purchase in the first building.

39. The processing system of claim 38 wherein the first item is not available for purchase in the second building.

40. The processing system of claim 26 wherein the generator includes circuitry to generate the first signal to include an item different from and related to the first item.

41. The processing system of claim 26 further including a detector that detects selection of the first instance and determines an amount due responsive to the detecting selection of the first instance.

42. The processing system of claim 41 wherein the first instance of the item includes a code identifying a first company, and the detector includes an electromagnetic detector.

43. The processing system of claim 42 wherein the code is different from corresponding codes for items having a different color and being otherwise substantially the same as the first item.

44. The processing system of claim 37 wherein the code is different from a code of another item having a different size and being otherwise substantially the same as the first item.

45. The processing system of claim 29 further including

a unit that causes delivery of the second instance to a home, responsive to receiving the request.

46. In a system including a first building, and an interface including an output device, a processing system comprising:

means for detecting selection of a first instance of a first item by a first person in the first building; and

means for generating, responsive to the detecting step, a first signal for display by the output device at a time when the output device is displaced from the first building, the first signal representing a plurality of items, including the first item, with respective directions for purchasing the items.

47. The processing system of claim 46 further including means for sending the first signal to the output device.

48. The processing system of claim 46 further including means for sending the first signal to the output device at a time when the output device is displaced from the first building.

49. The processing system of claim 46 wherein the interface further includes an input device and the processing system further includes

means for receiving, from the input device, a request to purchase a second instance of the first item, the receiving being performed at a time when the input device is displaced from the first building.