Patent ID: 8429017
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A sales method for use by a sales apparatus for selling content to a purchaser wearing a communication terminal, the sales method comprising: communicating between the communication terminal and the sales apparatus using: dielectric material, including a human body, as a communication medium, and a communication signal transmission path without a physical reference point path; detecting a content selection of the purchaser, the content being selected by depressing a content selection section of the sales apparatus, the content selection section being configured to allow the purchaser to select content for sale, and comprising a communication section configured to communicate with the communication terminal; using a processor to identify the content selected by the purchaser; executing a settlement process for the identified content, wherein the communication terminal communicates with the communication section of the content selection section via the purchaser's body while the purchaser is depressing the content selection section; and supplying the communication terminal with data of the identified content selected by the purchaser via the communication section and the body of the purchaser depressing the content selection section.