Virtual showroom for interactive electronic shopping
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1. An interactive electronic shopping system, comprising:
- a terminal located inside a physical merchant store, the terminal comprising;
an input device for receiving shopper input; and
an output device for displaying a virtual merchant store, wherein the virtual merchant store corresponds to the physical layout of the physical merchant store.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a virtual showroom for interactive electronic shopping is provided. A display terminal located inside a merchant store displays a virtual store that has a physical layout corresponding to the physical layout of the real store. The terminal receives input from a shopper and outputs shopping information based on the input. The display terminal may also allow the shopper to browse products and virtually travel through the virtual store in a manner similar to physically shopping in the real store.
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40 Claims
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1. An interactive electronic shopping system, comprising:
a terminal located inside a physical merchant store, the terminal comprising;
an input device for receiving shopper input; and
an output device for displaying a virtual merchant store, wherein the virtual merchant store corresponds to the physical layout of the physical merchant store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of displaying a virtual store, comprising:
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displaying a virtual physical layout of a physical merchant store at a display terminal located inside the physical merchant store, wherein the virtual physical layout corresponds to the real physical layout of the physical merchant store;
receiving input from a shopper at the display terminal; and
outputting shopping information at the display terminal, wherein the shopping information is based on the input. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An interactive electronic shopping system, comprising:
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a central database to store digital signals representing images of at least a portion of a shopping facility;
a computer terminal at the shopping facility comprising a display device configured to display images of the shopping facility;
a communication link between the central database and the computer terminal; and
a control interface connected to the computer terminal to enable a shopper to control a display of the images of the shopping facility. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A method of displaying a virtual store corresponding to a real store, comprising:
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displaying at a display terminal a virtual physical layout of a physical merchant store at a display terminal located inside the physical merchant store, wherein the virtual physical layout corresponds to the real physical layout of the physical merchant store, and wherein the virtual physical layout comprises a virtual terminal corresponding to the terminal;
receiving shopper browsing information from a shopper at an input device electronically coupled to the display terminal, wherein the shopper browsing information is associated with virtual movement through the virtual physical layout corresponding to movement through the physical merchant store;
based on the shopping information, displaying at the display terminal a substantially continuous stream of images showing virtual movement from one location in the virtual store corresponding to a physical location in the physical merchant store to another location in the virtual store corresponding to another location in the physical merchant store;
displaying at the display terminal a plurality of virtual products associated with a virtual location in the virtual physical layout corresponding, respectively, to a plurality of physical products located in the physical merchant store;
receiving a selection of a specific one of the plurality of products by the shopper;
passing product information associated with the selected product to the shopper; and
passing product location information indicative of a location of the selected specific product in the physical merchant store to the shopper.
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