System for management of common purchase operations for goods and services
US5544040A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F7/00
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interactive communications system for facilitating the management of purchases performed by individuals or certain businesses in repetitive manner, characterized in that the apparatuses making up the system comprise input means (10, 16), confirmation means (17), suggestion/selection means (18), memory means (13), and display means (11) for displaying the articles to be purchased, which articles may be selected from preceding lists and/or files without omission or repetition. The list of articles to be purchased is then printed on paper by means of a printer (14) or is transferred to other apparatuses of the system by interface means (15). By networking resident and portable apparatuses, freestanding terminals for giving assistance in decision-making and situated at the point of sale, and optionally information or transaction terminals in a temporary or permanent network, it is possible for the purchaser to obtain in real time all of the information and means required for managing the purchase function, and for the vendor to obtain better knowledge of customers and to satisfy customer requirements better.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.