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Shopping and payment/credit handling

  • US 7,194,430 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2001
  • Issued: 03/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for self-service shopping, comprising:

  • receiving, at a telecommunications service provider server, an initiation of a sequence of self-service shopping transmitted over a communication network by a portable terminal;

    determining, at the telecommunications service provider server, an identity of a customer using the portable terminal;

    assigning a unique identifier to the sequence of self-service shopping by the customer;

    receiving, at a shop server in a shop location, an initiation order from the telecommunications service provider, wherein the initiation order includes the unique identifier;

    establishing, at the shop server, a registration list associated with the initiation order; and

    responsive to establishing the registration list, terminating communication between the portable terminal and the telecommunications service provider over the communication network, and establishing communication between the portable terminal and the shop server over a local network.

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