Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Remote and/or virtual mall shopping experience
- Patent Title (中): 远程和/或虚拟购物购物体验
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Application No.: US12931474Application Date: 2011-02-01
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Publication No.: US08606642B2Publication Date: 2013-12-10
- Inventor: Constantine Siounis , Christine Siounis
- Applicant: Constantine Siounis , Christine Siounis
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method of enabling remote and/or a virtual shopping of an actual retail store is disclosed. Software provides a means of creating custom, electronic shopping mall configurations that may include a plurality of participating retail stores, each of which may be selected from a list of participating retailers. The mall's stores and walkways may be selectable to launch a remote/virtual shopping experience. Navigation is by moving a cursor to browse for desired merchandise. Remote shopping is achieved through the use of a plurality of cameras at participating stores to provide live streaming images of store merchandise for remote shopping, or a series of recorded images that permit virtual shopping. All images may be embedded with merchandise information. Holding the cursor over a merchandise image may reveal embedded information. Views obstructed by a live shopper in the live streaming image may be supplanted by the beginning-of-day stored images.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110208619A1 Remote and/or virtual mall shopping experience Public/Granted day:2011-08-25
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