Method of retail shopping including establishment-specific intranet and special purpose customer assistance cash register and intranet
First Claim
1. A method of retail shopping including an establishment-specific intranet, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) assigning an establishment specific shopper profile to each customer and digitally expressing the same in an intranet access means;
(b) within a retail establishment, selecting a product search mode from the mode members consisting of;
(i) physically looking at a product on display;
(ii) observing a static, dynamic, or other pre-defined electronic image or series thereof including store department-specific product images; and
(iii) proceeding to an intelligent shopping station (ISS) comprising said establishment intranet and accessing said intranet with said intranet access means. (c) if said step (b) (iii) is selected, employing said ISS to use and view a graphical user interface (GUI) thereof; and
(d) at said graphical user interface, accessing product specific information within searchable databases of said ISS, selected from suggestion categories consisting of product information, frequently asked questions about a consumer indicated product, alternatives to said indicated product, coordinates suitable therewith, and combinations thereof.
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Abstract
A method of retail shopping includes the step of assigning an establishment specific shopper profile to each customer and digitally expressing the same as an intranet access means which may be electronically encrypted into the shopper'"'"'s store charge card. In the retail establishment, the method includes the step of selecting a product search mode from the product search mode possibilities consisting of physically looking at a product display and touching it, observing a static, dynamic, or other pre-defined electronic image or series thereof including store department-specific images, or proceeding to an intelligent shopping station (ISS) comprising the establishment intranet and accessing the intranet with the intranet access means. If the ISS is employed by the shopper, a graphical user interface (GUI) is activated. The customer may access product specific information within searchable databases of the ISS selected from suggestion categories consisting of product information, frequently asked questions about a consumer-indicated product, alternatives to the indicated product, coordinates suitable therewith, and combinations thereof. The step of accessing suggestion categories includes the step of sorting each category in accordance with one or more criteria including geographical region, season, age of shopper, other personal data profile of the shopper, price range of interest, current discounts, random, and priorities of management. Some of such sorting may be more readily accomplished by the intranet access means if the shopper or establishment has included category-specific information within the shopper'"'"'s electronic profile.
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1. A method of retail shopping including an establishment-specific intranet, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) assigning an establishment specific shopper profile to each customer and digitally expressing the same in an intranet access means;
(b) within a retail establishment, selecting a product search mode from the mode members consisting of;
(i) physically looking at a product on display;
(ii) observing a static, dynamic, or other pre-defined electronic image or series thereof including store department-specific product images; and
(iii) proceeding to an intelligent shopping station (ISS) comprising said establishment intranet and accessing said intranet with said intranet access means. (c) if said step (b) (iii) is selected, employing said ISS to use and view a graphical user interface (GUI) thereof; and
(d) at said graphical user interface, accessing product specific information within searchable databases of said ISS, selected from suggestion categories consisting of product information, frequently asked questions about a consumer indicated product, alternatives to said indicated product, coordinates suitable therewith, and combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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12. The method as recited in Step 2, further comprising the step of:
storing each customer product search for purposes of later external internet access through the use of said intranet access means of the customer.
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