Sales apparatus, sales method and program

• US 20060277114A1
• Filed: 05/17/2006
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kubono, Fumio, Ishibashi, Yoshihito, Kusakabe, Susumu
• Granted Patent: US 8,429,017 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like

Abstract

A sales apparatus for selling content to a purchaser wearing a communication terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a content selection section allowing selection of content for sale; a communication section built in the content selection section for communicating with the communication terminal; a detection section detecting a selection operation of the purchaser pressing the content selection section; an identifying section identifying content selected by the purchaser based on a detection result; a settlement section executing a settlement process for the content identified by the identifying section, with the communication terminal via the communication section and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection section; and a supply section adapted to supply the communication terminal with data of the content identified by the identifying section, via the communication section and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection section.

Claims

1. A sales apparatus for selling content to a purchaser wearing a communication terminal for communication by using dielectric material including a human body as a communication medium, the apparatus comprising:

content selection means for allowing the purchaser to select content for sale;

communication means built in the content selection means for communicating with the communication terminal;

detection means for detecting a selection operation of the purchaser, which is depression of the content selection means;

identifying means for identifying content selected by the purchaser based on a detection result by the detection means;

settlement means for executing a settlement process for the content identified by the identifying means, with the communication terminal via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection means; and

supply means for supplying the communication terminal with data of the content identified by the identifying means, via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection means.

2. The sales apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the content selection means includes display means for displaying a selection image including corresponding to the content;

the communication means is stacked on the display means;

the detection means detects a selection operation of the purchaser, which is pointing out of the small image in the selection image displayed on the display means;

the settlement means executes the settlement process for the content, with the communication terminal via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is pointing out the small image; and

the supply means supplies the communication terminal with the data of the content, via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is pointing out the small image.

3. The sales apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

merchandise selection means for allowing the purchaser to select a merchandise for sale, wherein

the detection means detects a selection operation of the purchaser, which is depressing of the merchandise selection means;

another communication means is built in the merchandise selection means;

the identifying means identifies a product selected by the purchaser, based on a detection result by the detection means; and

the settlement means executes the settlement process for the merchandise identified by the identifying means, with the communication terminal via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the merchandise selection means.

4. The sales apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

cancel selection means for canceling a purchase of the content by the purchaser; and

data delete means for deleting data of the content stored in the communication terminal, via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the cancel selection means, wherein;

the detection means detects a selection operation of the purchaser, which is depressing of the cancel selection means;

another communication means is built in the cancel selection means;

the identifying means identifies cancellation of purchase of the content selected by the purchaser, based on a detection result by the detection means;

the data delete means deletes data of the content whose purchase cancellation is identified by the identifying means from the communication terminal, via the communication terminal and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the cancel selection means; and

the settlement means executes the settlement process for canceling purchase of the content by the identifying means, with the communication terminal via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the cancel selection means.

5. The sales apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

advertisement display means for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the content; and

storage means for storing data of the content.

6. The sales apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

advertisement data supply means for supplying data of the advertisement corresponding to the content to the advertisement display means, by using data of the content stored in the storage means, wherein;

the advertisement display means displays the advertisement corresponding to the content, in accordance with the advertisement data supplied from the advertisement data supply means.

7. The sales apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:

the advertisement data supply means changes the advertisement data corresponding to the content in accordance with preference information acquired from the communication terminal and supplies the changed advertisement data to the advertisement display means via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection means.

8. The sales apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:

the advertisement data supply means acquires the advertisement data added to data of the content stored in the storage means, and supplies the advertisement data corresponding to the content to the advertisement display means.

9. The sales apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:

the advertisement data supply means extracts predetermined data from the content data stored in the storage means, generates advertisement data, and supplies the generated advertisement data corresponding to the content to the advertisement display means.

10. A sales method for a sales apparatus for selling content to a purchaser wearing a communication terminal for communication by using dielectric material including a human body as a communication medium, the sales method comprising:

detecting a selection operation of the purchaser, which is depressing of content selection means, the content selection means allowing the purchaser to select content for sale, the content selection means being built therein communication means for communicating with the communication terminal;

identifying the content selected by the purchaser in accordance with the detection result;

executing a settlement process for the content identified, with the communication terminal via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection means; and

supplying the communication terminal with data of the identified content, via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection means.

11. A program for selling content to a purchaser wearing a communication terminal for communication by using dielectric material including a human body as a communication medium, the program causing a computer to perform a sales method comprising:

detecting a selection operation of the purchaser, which is depressing of content selection means, the content selection means allowing the purchaser to select content for sale, the content selection means being built therein communication means for communicating with the communication terminal;

identifying the content selected by the purchaser in accordance with the detection result;

executing a settlement process for the content identified, with the communication terminal via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection means; and

supplying the communication terminal with data of the identified content, via the communication means and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the communication means and the content selection means.

12. A sales apparatus for selling content to a purchaser wearing a communication terminal for communication by using dielectric material including a human body as a communication medium, the apparatus comprising:

a content selection section adapted to allow the purchaser to select content for sale;

a communication section adapted to be built in the content selection section for communicating with the communication terminal;

a detection section adapted to detect a selection operation of the purchaser, which is depression of the content selection section;

an identifying section adapted to identify content selected by the purchaser based on a detection result by the detection section;

a settlement section adapted to execute a settlement process for the content identified by the identifying section, with the communication terminal via the communication section and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection section; and

a supply section adapted to supply the communication terminal with data of the content identified by the identifying section, via the communication section and the human body of the purchaser who is depressing the content selection section.