APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PEER-ASSISTED E-COMMERCE SHOPPING

摘要

A method for peer-assisted shopping including receiving, at a first device (910), a transacting media container (210) comprising base content and supplemental content related to one or more items in the base content. The method also includes receiving a selection of at least one of the one or more items (825). The method also includes initiating a first shopping cart (820) within the transacting media container of the first device (910), the first shopping cart identifying the at least one selected item. The method also includes establishing a communication channel with a second device (920). The method also includes transmitting information to synchronize a second shopping cart (920) associated with the second device (920) with the first shopping cart (910).