Virtual Online Store

• US 20080195507A1
• Filed: 01/01/2007
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nitesh Ratnakar
• Original Assignee: Nitesh Ratnakar
• Inventors: Ratnakar, Nitesh
• Application Number:
  US11/618,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20080195507A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• 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

Abstract

The present invention discloses means, methods and apparatus to create a virtual store with means to provide shoppers the look, feel and shopping experience of retail store. Virtual store replicates the external and internal layout of corresponding retail store in a virtual environment. The virtual store comprises of virtual isles, virtual shelves and virtual products that replicate the isles, shelves and products of corresponding retail store. The arrangement of the virtual isles, virtual shelves and virtual products in the virtual store is similar to the arrangement of the isles, shelves and products in the corresponding retail store. A virtual shopping cart is provided with means to move the virtual shopping cart from first position to second position in the virtual store. Means is provided for shoppers to virtually add virtual products to the virtual shopping cart. A payment gateway is integrated with the virtual store. Additionally, virtual store has integrated peer to peer networking applications providing means for shoppers to communicate live with other shoppers, store staff etc.

Claims

1. A virtual store comprising of virtual lay out of retail store.

2. The virtual store of claim 1 wherein the exterior layout of the virtual store is similar to corresponding retail store.

3. The virtual store of claim 1 wherein the interior layout of the virtual store is similar to the corresponding retail store.

4. The virtual store of claim 3 wherein the interior layout of the virtual store comprises of one or more virtual isles.

5. The virtual store of claim 4 wherein the interior layout of the virtual store comprises of one or more virtual shelves placed along the virtual isles.

6. The virtual store of claim 5 wherein the interior layout of the virtual store comprises of one or more virtual products placed on the virtual shelves.

7. The virtual store of claim 6 wherein the arrangement of virtual products in the virtual store is similar to the arrangement of products in the corresponding retail store.

8. The virtual store of claim 6 wherein the placement of virtual products in the virtual store is similar to the placement of products in the corresponding retail store.

9. A virtual store comprising of one or more virtual products.

10. The virtual store of claim 9 wherein the arrangement of virtual products in the virtual store is similar to the arrangement of products in the corresponding retail store.

11. The virtual store of claim 9 wherein the placement of virtual products in the virtual store is similar to the placement of products in the corresponding retail store.

12. The virtual store of claim 9 wherein means is provided for customers to view information about virtual products.

13. The virtual store of claim 9 wherein means is provided for customers to post review about virtual products displayed on the virtual store.

14. The virtual store of claim 9 wherein means is provided for customers to view reviews about virtual products.

15. A virtual store comprising of a virtual shopping cart.

16. The virtual store of claim 15 wherein the virtual shopping cart is similar to the shopping cart in corresponding retail store.

17. The virtual store of claim 15 wherein means is provided to virtually move the virtual shopping cart from a first position to a second position in the virtual store.

18. The virtual store of claim 15 wherein means is provided to add one or more products displayed in the virtual store to virtual shopping cart.

19. The virtual store of claim 15 wherein means is provided to calculate the total charges of products in the virtual shopping cart.

20. The virtual store of claim 15 wherein a payment gateway is integrated.