Patent ID: 7120592
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for purchasing merchandise, while real-time interactively direct ordering or reordering by a plurality of purchasers, who are purchasing individually or purchasing as members of an organization that is facilitating purchasing in quantity, and arranging rebates or group purchase rebates paid into retirement accounts, the system comprising: (a) one or more purchasing cards, said purchasing cards identifying buyers, and identifying financial institutions, and one or more card readers; (b) at least one buyer Purchase Appliance or buyer on-site computer system comprising one or more servers, one or more recording system modules, one or more alarm modules, one or more metering modules, one or more microprocessors, one or more universal barcode ROM microprocessor systems modules, one or more control/relay modules, one or more microprocessor buses, one or more computer/server buses, one or more control/relay buses, one or more power buses, and one or more auxiliary batteries; (c) one or more purchasing agent ordering sub-systems; (d) one or more communication means by which said at least one buyer Purchase Appliance or on-site computer communicates with one or more seller Purchase Appliances; (e) at least one seller Purchase Appliance or seller on-site computer system in communication with at least sensor, said seller Purchase Appliance or seller on-site computer system comprising one or more cameras, said seller Purchase Appliance or seller on-site computer further comprising means for receiving signals for the purchase of goods or services, said signals being received from at least one remote ordering sub-system; (f) at least one Purchase hub computer comprising at least one database module or at least one relational database module or at least one look-up module; (g) said at least one seller Purchase Appliance or seller on-site computer system being in communication with at least one remote product demonstration sub-system, or one or more seller showrooms, or one or more seller tradeshow booths; and (h) said at least one remote product demonstration sub-system, seller showroom, or seller tradeshow booths containing or communicating with at least one merchandise display sub-system which allows real-time interactive remote viewing of physical merchandise, enabling at least one buyer to communicate with said at least one remote product demonstration sub-system, or one or more seller showrooms, or one or more seller tradeshow booths via said at least one seller Purchase Appliance or seller on-site computer, to view physical merchandise, enhancing said buyer's view of said physical merchandise by using said at least one seller Purchase Appliance or on-site computer to interactively move said physical merchandise; and (i) said at least one merchandise display sub-system comprising at least one of a motorized revolving hanger rack or a motorized revolving platform, said physical merchandise being suspended from the motorized hanger rack or being located upon said motorized revolving platform, and said at least one merchandise display sub-system enabling the buyer to move said physical merchandise by remotely controlling said at least one of a motorized revolving hanger rack or a motorized revolving platform; (j) whereby the one or more purchasing cards identifying buyers are credit, debit, or other funds transfer cards, by which funds are transferred from buyers' credit or debit accounts to sellers' accounts in payment for goods or services bought by buyers, and whereby a portion of said funds transferred from a buyer's credit or debit account when a purchase is made by that buyer are transferred to a second account of said buyer, said second account being an account for the benefit of said buyer in retirement.