Patent ID: 8744920

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for configuring a personal mobile retail environment for off-line shopping that utilizes a mobile device of a traveler, the personal mobile retail environment being associated with specific scheduled itinerary including a departure time, a departure location, a destination arrival time and a destination arrival location, and a transit period that exists when the mobile retail environment is traveling between the departure location and destination arrival location, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system via a computer network, prior to the departure time, itinerary information relating to the traveler; receiving, by the computer system via a computer network, prior to the departure time, commitment information representing vendor/supplier-committed availability of the goods or services for purchase during the transit period and available for delivery during the transit period or at the destination arrival location; generating, by the computer system, prior to the departure time, an on-board store definition based on the itinerary information and commitment information, wherein the on-board store definition includes a description of the goods or services that are available for purchase in the personal mobile retail environment in the transit period and excludes goods or services that are unavailable for purchase in the personal mobile retail environment in the transit period; and sending, by the computer system via a computer network, the on-board store definition to the mobile device of the traveler prior to the departure time, wherein the on-board store definition facilitates off-line shopping in the personal mobile retail environment using the mobile device of the traveler.