Online shopping apparatus and method of performing communication with terminal storing unrewritable identification information

摘要

A mobile telephone stores unrewritable identification data for identifying its own hardware. A user enters order data specifying an article selected by the user for purchase into the mobile telephone. The mobile telephone reads out the identification information, and sends the identification data and the order data. An online shopping method includes the steps of preparing a name and an address of the user of the mobile telephone corresponding to the identification information, reading out the name and address of the user of the mobile telephone based on the identification data when the identification data and the order data are received from the mobile telephone, and sending the order data and the user's name and address to a computer of an online shopping dealer.