Patent ID: 7364070

Claim:
A method for real-time remote shopping using a real-time remote shopping system, wherein the system comprises: a first building space comprising a sample item display section; a second building space comprising a commodity item display section; a first terminal for communicating a shopping information in the first building space; and a second terminal for communicating the shopping information in the second building space, wherein the method comprises the steps of: obtaining the shopping information with the first and second terminals; processing the shopping information with the first and second terminals to produce a shopping data; and communicating the shopping information and the shopping data among the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein the system further comprises 1) a hand-held terminal for customer in a sample item display section comprising a device for registration and pay, a device for obtaining a commodity information, and a communication device to communicate a shopping request information with other corresponding terminals; 2) a mobile terminal for worker in a commodity item display section comprising a communication device to communicate the shopping request information with other corresponding terminals and a device to obtain a commodity information; and 3) a host server comprising a wired/wireless communication device relaying the shopping request information between the terminals and providing a derived information to the terminals, wherein the method further comprises the steps of: a) obtaining the commodity item information from the hand-held terminal for customer and registering the information on the customer; b) sending the shopping request information including the commodity item information to the host server or the mobile terminal for worker through the wired/wireless communication device; c) receiving, at the mobile terminal for worker, the shopping request information from the hand-held terminal for customer or the host server, and sending the shopping data processed in real-time to the host server or the hand-held terminal for customer; d) receiving, at the hand-held terminal for customer, the shopping data from the server or the hand-held terminal for customer; and e) sending, at the hand-held terminal for customer, a shopping-ended signal to the host server or the hand-held terminal for customer, and paying the price.