| 摘要 |
The present invention is an advanced shopping system and method used for integrating traditional and electronic commerce channels. Each system user is provided with a shopping cart-unit, which is a portable device such as a dual-interface smart card. The system includes a number of item-units, whereineach item-unit is associated with an item or service presented for sale in a selling-area. Each item-unit contains in its memory distinctive item-information details that specifies the associated item or service. The selling-area can be an area in a store or a page in an online store Web site. The system also includes a number of selling-units that can be an in-store kiosk, a PC at home/office or a portable device. A system-server that handles the entire operation and security aspects of the system is also included. The user selcts an item that he would like to purchase and collects the item-information details from a specific item-unit into a shopping item-list that resides in the memory of his shopping cart-unit. By using a portable viewer-unit, the user can view, browse and update his shopping item-list. To complete his purchasing, the user introduces the shopping cart-unit to the selling-unit enabling the transfer of his shopping item-list and his personal details from the shopping cart-unit to the selling-unit. The user can then utilize the selling-unit to view, browse and update his shopping item-list, as well as confirm his purchase and pay for it. |
