Patent
Electronic ordering system
Alan Jenkins,Siegmund Grondman,Gower Smith,Tony Bruck +3 more
- 21 Mar 1995
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TL;DR: In this article, a dedicated electronic catalogue device (150) and a dedicated system for providing goods/services ordered by a user from a remote location is presented. But the system is not suitable for large-scale applications.
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Abstract: The present invention relates to a dedicated electronic catalogue device (150) and a dedicated system for providing goods/services ordered by the electronic catalogue device (150) from a remote location. Each electronic catalogue device (150) in the system stores in memory (400) a product catalogue database which can be accessed by a user by actuation of appropriate input means (500), for the user to select a particular product to be provided by a service provider. A host device (300) at the location of the service provider communicates with the electronic catalogue device (150) and obtains transaction information relating to the user's order. The service provider then fills the order and provides the appropriate product. The dedicated electronic catalogue devices (150) can be provided at any convenient location such as a public location, for example. Any product is available which can be supplied by the service provider. The catalogue can be updated remotely from the host (300) to update product information.
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