System of ordering and delivering merchandise in electronic mall and method thereof
US6985874B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0641
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system of ordering and delivering merchandise by accepting order of merchandise from any customer through a home page or a virtual store concerning sales of merchandise and constructed on a network by a sales merchant and through the network and delivering the ordered merchandise to a delivery destination designated by the customer on the basis of map information. A map having a dealer of a neighborhood of the delivery destination is retrieved on the basis of the address information of the customer in response to customer's selection of the dealer as a delivery destination when order of the merchandise is accepted from the customer. The dealer is determined as a delivery destination of the merchandise by the customer while the retrieved map is displayed on the home page or the virtual store.
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