Multimedia product catalog and electronic purchasing system

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1997-10-22

2000-02-29

MacDonald, Allen R.

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Electronic shopping

G06F 1760

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ABSTRACT:
An electronic system that provides multimedia product presentations in real-time, by combining locally-stored data and data received from a remote server. Large volumes of data, representing product information such as motion images and sound, are stored locally on the system's data storing unit for fast data access. Small volumes of product time-variable data are received over a network from a remote server, which also has a transaction management function. The purchasing system combines the local and received data in order to provide both real-time and up-to-date product information to customers. Two versions of the purchasing system are provided. The first one is a multimedia public purchasing kiosk for use in malls and shopping centers. The second one is a PC-based purchasing system, equipped with multimedia capabilities. It uses a purchasing application which is distributed beside the large volumes of product-related data on a portable support such as a CD-ROM and which is intended for personal use, at home, on the customer's PC.

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