MERCHANDISE DISPLAY SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
- a display case containing merchandise items;
said display case merchandise items being facsimiles of merchandise items for sale;
an electronic display associated with said display case, said electronic display having electronically displayed merchandise items, at least one of said electronically displayed merchandise items being the same as at least one of said display case merchandise items; and
said electronic display having at least one interactive feature.
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Abstract
The display apparatus of the invention is a display case combined with an electronic display for displaying merchandise items such as jewelry both physically and electronically. The electronic display of the merchandise items in the display case includes interactive features, as for example access to a website for purchasing the merchandise items. Where the merchandise items are valuable, such as jewelry, the merchandise items in the display case may be facsimiles of the actual merchandise for sale, so that customers may open the display case without a sales person.
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22 Claims
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display case containing merchandise items; said display case merchandise items being facsimiles of merchandise items for sale; an electronic display associated with said display case, said electronic display having electronically displayed merchandise items, at least one of said electronically displayed merchandise items being the same as at least one of said display case merchandise items; and said electronic display having at least one interactive feature. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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2. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display case containing merchandise items; an electronic display attached to said display case, said electronic display having electronically displayed merchandise items, at least of one of said electronically displayed merchandise items being the same as at least one of said display case merchandise items; and said electronic display having at least one interactive feature.
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3. A method of providing self help shopping to potential buyers of high value merchandise items comprising:
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providing a customer accessible display; providing a replica of a merchandise item for sale in said display, said replica having a value lower than the actual merchandise item for sale; and providing a customer operable electronic ordering device to receive and execute a purchase order for one of the actual merchandise items for sale.
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22. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display case containing merchandise items; said display case merchandise items being facsimiles of merchandise items for sale; an electronic display associated with said display case, said electronic display having electronically displayed merchandise items, at least one of said electronically displayed merchandise items being the same as at least one of said display case merchandise items; said electronic display having at least one interactive feature; said display case being configured to be opened by a customer without a sales person; said electronic display having a unique device identification being associated in a memory with one of a plurality of arrays of items for sale being stored separately in said memory, each of said stored memories of arrays of items for sale corresponding to each of a plurality of arrays of items for sale displayed physically in each of a plurality of said display cases; and a payment routine, said payment routine being executable directly through a server in operative communication with said display apparatus or through a third party maintained site on a computer network, one of said payment execution options being associated in memory with each of said plurality of items for sale.
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