Offline Shopping Terminal Using QR Code Data Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Offline shopping requires buyers to physically carry goods and manage delivery, which is inconvenient and burdensome, and has a higher return rate due to the inability to inspect goods before purchase.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows buyers to collect and pay for goods information using a terminal, enabling delivery requests without physically carrying the goods, by using recording media and short-range wireless communication for data exchange between buyer terminals, payment processing devices, and delivery servers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If buyers carry goods in person during offline shopping, then buyers can directly take goods home, but buyers bear the burden of carrying goods and stores need to provide carts/baskets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of physically carrying goods with an information-based system. Buyers use mobile terminals to scan QR codes on goods, collect goods information digitally, and complete transactions without physically handling the goods. The goods information is transmitted through communication networks, substituting the mechanical carrying process with electronic data transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates information copies of goods through QR codes and mobile terminal data collection. Instead of moving the actual goods, the system moves digital representations (QR codes, goods information) from the goods to the buyer's terminal, enabling transaction processing without physical transfer of the goods themselves.
2Ease of operation
If stores provide shipping or delivery service, then buyers can receive goods at desired places, but stores need to build delivery systems and buyers need to carry goods to delivery desks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical delivery system requiring physical transport of goods to delivery desks with an electronic information transmission system. Buyers input delivery addresses through mobile terminals, and goods information is transmitted electronically through communication networks to the store's management system, eliminating the need for buyers to physically carry goods to delivery locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces mobile terminals and communication networks as intermediaries between buyers and the delivery system. Instead of direct physical interaction between buyers and delivery desks, the mobile terminal acts as an intermediary to collect delivery information and transmit it electronically, streamlining the delivery request process.
3Ease of operation
If stores secure sufficient space to exhibit goods, then buyers can browse and select goods, but store space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses QR codes as information copies that can be placed on goods without requiring additional physical exhibition space. The QR codes contain goods information that buyers can scan with mobile terminals, allowing the same physical space to serve both as display area and information delivery medium, effectively reducing the space required for goods exhibition.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This method simplifies the shopping process by eliminating the need for buyers to carry goods and streamlines delivery services, reducing store space requirements and improving customer satisfaction by allowing convenient, efficient payment and delivery processing.
Implementation Method 1
a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data communication with external devices
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a goods buying and selling method for buying goods through offline shopping and a shopping support system supporting the same. A buyer collects delivery information for delivery of bought goods based on short-range wireless communication using his or her own terminal. The collected delivery information includes any one of information about a destination to which bought goods are to be delivered and buyer identifier information, and information about the bought goods, and at least one of a payment terminal, a merchant server and a relay server requests delivery of the bought goods from a delivery server based on the collected delivery information. In addition, the buyer collects goods purchase information recorded in recording media arranged in an offline store using his or her own terminal, and pays for desired bought goods based on the collected goods purchase information.