Patent ID: 9741031
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A portable device comprising: a control circuit; a data capture unit in communication with said control circuit and configured to receive instances of product information from respective product identifiers of a plurality of products for sale at a physical premises of a vendor, wherein said control circuit is configured to assign a priority to each of the instances of product information received, options for the assigned priority including a purchase-now priority and a purchase-later priority; and a wireless communication circuit in communication with said control circuit and said data capture unit, and wherein said wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit, in accordance with the assigned priority, said product information to a vendor server storing an electronic catalog that includes information associated with the plurality of products, wherein the control circuit is configured to generate a purchase request for each instance of product information assigned a purchase-now priority but not for those instances of product information assigned a purchase-later priority and the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit the purchase requests to the vendor, the purchase requests being configured to allow purchase of the ones of the plurality of products associated with the purchase requests from the vendor and immediate removal of the ones of the plurality of products associated with the purchase requests from the physical premises.