Home shopping video catalog

Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

348 1, 348 7, 348 10, 348 14, 348 17, 348 5, 364401, 364403, H04N 700, H04N 710, H04N 714

Patent

active

054519985

ABSTRACT:
This invention is an apparatus and method for shopping at home. The apparatus comprises a video catalog in which a plurality of product images are established, each product image being coordinated with a corresponding product identification in an order form. The video catalog and the order form are distributed to prospective customers. The customers may view the video catalog and product images, and select the corresponding identification of desired product(s) in the order form. Then, to place an order, the customer transmits the order form with the product identification(s) to the merchandiser, by phone, mail or electronic transmission, for example. Then, the merchandiser may arrange for payment of the order by the customer, and delivery of the corresponding product(s) to the customer.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4734764 (1988-03-01), Pocock et al.
patent: 4876592 (1989-10-01), Von Kohorn
patent: 4984155 (1991-01-01), Geier et al.
patent: 5128752 (1992-07-01), Von Kohorn
patent: 5191410 (1993-03-01), McCalley et al.
patent: 5231566 (1993-07-01), Blutinger et al.
patent: 5249044 (1993-09-01), Von Kohorn
patent: 5285278 (1994-02-01), Holman
patent: 5287181 (1994-02-01), Holman

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Home shopping video catalog does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Home shopping video catalog, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Home shopping video catalog will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1831522

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.