SHOPPING SYSTEM, VIDEO RENTAL SYSTEM, AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM USING MOVING PICTURE DISTRIBUTION TECHNIQUE

• Main Author: TANAHASHI, JUNICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 27.11.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A shopping system includes a center server (12), a dedicated terminal (14) always connected to the center server (12) via the Internet (18), and user ID cards (50). When information on selection of a specific commodity is transmitted from the dedicated terminal (14), the center server (12) transmits...