Home shopping system
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1. A shopping system comprising:
- a scanner adapted to scan one or more product tags;
a processing device accessible to a network, the processing device operatively coupled to the scanner;
a client application installed on the processing device, the client application adapted to read scanned data from the scanner and to transfer the data over the network;
a server on the network adapted to receive the transferred data; and
a server application configured to run on the server, the server application adapted to route the transferred data to one or more retailer network sites.
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Abstract
The inventive system allows a consumer to scan product tags and have the scanned information transferred to a website via a network, where the consumer can either manually or automatically transfer the information therefrom to one or more desired retailer network sites.
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39 Claims
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1. A shopping system comprising:
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a scanner adapted to scan one or more product tags;
a processing device accessible to a network, the processing device operatively coupled to the scanner;
a client application installed on the processing device, the client application adapted to read scanned data from the scanner and to transfer the data over the network;
a server on the network adapted to receive the transferred data; and
a server application configured to run on the server, the server application adapted to route the transferred data to one or more retailer network sites. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A shopping system comprising:
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means for reading and storing one or more product tags;
a processing device accessible to a network, the processing device operatively coupled to the means;
a client application installed on the processing device, the client application adapted to read the stored data and to transfer the data over the network;
a server on the network adapted to receive the transferred data; and
a server application configured to run on the server, the server application adapted to route the transferred data to one or more retailer network sites. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A shopping system comprising:
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means for reading and storing one or more product tags, the means being accessible to a network;
a client application installed to the means, the client application adapted to read the stored data and to transfer the data over the network;
a server on the network adapted to receive the transferred data; and
a server application configured to run on the server, the server application adapted to route the transferred data to one or more retailer network sites. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A method of shopping comprising:
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scanning one or more product tags using a scanner;
coupling the scanner to a processing device accessible to a network;
transferring the scanned data to a server over the network using a client application; and
transferring the scanned data to one or more retailer network sites from the server using a server application. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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