Shoppers go to the store and looking for good deals, or bring in sales coupons for shopping, and very likely they won't be able to get all the sales information, and further there is no way they may be able to get sales' information for all shops onsite based on accurate locations of the stores in the area. Therefore there is a need to invent an on-site sales and commercial search method and system. A software application of said system may be installed on mobile electronic devices such as cellphone, and it may utilize web map such as google map or GPS to locate the physical location of shoppers and automatically retrieve information for best deals for shoppers in, at or visibly close to said shops.
The software application communicates with its hosting web server, and the hosting server verifies location of the mobile device and sends and displays commercials on a map or a floor layout on screen of the mobile device. When commercials are available the system gives user audio and or visual signals and displays detailed commercial directly showing on a popup window with either static information, voice announcement or video clip. Shopper may also select to make a phone call even before get into the premises of a business.
The present invention generally relates to automatically search for shopping and products sales and promotional coupons in, at or visibly close shoppers through internet geographical map search and website products sales and promotional postings, and proactively reaches out to users with mobile device installed with the software application. Such method and system shall actively remind shoppers and provide then with clear choices on what are the best deals when they are in front of a store(s) location and or floor layouts on an onsite map.
An on-site sales and commercial search method and system comprise of a software application installed or displayed on a web browser on a mobile electronic device, such as cellphone, is coupled to and capable of receiving geographical locations information through digital map such as Google map or GPS and internet connection.
Within a shopping area shoppers with said mobile device Said shoppers may be able to obtain all sales and new products information in different stores in, at or visibly close to them; said shoppers may decide which store they would like to go shopping with clear choices and best deals according visualized store locations and or floor layouts on an onsite map.
The automated command and popup functions may notify shoppers with a ringtone to get detailed information on commercials right in front of them, and directly showing on a popup window with static information, voice announcement or video clip. Shoppers may also select to make a phone call even before get into the premises of a business.
Instead of passively waiting for buyers to find business with good deals and sales' commercials like websites and current coupon searching programs do, said system actively reaches out to potential customers in, at or close to a business location and provide business with means of live commercials right in, at or close to its door. Said system acts like having an employee standing in, at or near a business and telling all import deals and high-lighted information to potential buyers or customers.
Referencing to drawings in Fig.-A, a preferred embodiment of said on-site sales and commercial search method and system. A shopper is in a shopping mall area and has a cellphone installed with an on-site sales and commercial search software displayed as “Shopping Deals” and connected to internet and google map. Said shopper selects “Shopping Deals” button (
Said cellphone receives all sales information from all the stores in said shopping mall from said hosting web server and displays all the stores heighted that have sales offers (
Said shopper requests sales information from a store by touching said store's location and name on said floor map and the request is sent back to said hosting web server. Said hosting web server sends back entire available sales discounts offers posted by said store back to said cellphone and displays said commercial images on its screen (
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Said sales information on said merchandise category from all stores with said merchandise in said shopping mall are sent back by hosting web server with all sales offers by said stores to said cellphone and displayed on said cellphone with commercial images on its screen (
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Said mobile device receives all sales information from all the stores in a range of said shopper's physical position and displays an area map with all the stores heighted that have sales offers (
Said shopper requests sales information from a store by touching said store's location on said onsite map and the request is forwarded to said hosting web server, said mobile device receives entire available sales discounts offers posted by said store from said hosting website, and displays said commercial images on its screen (
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Said mobile device receives all sales information on said merchandise category from all stores with said merchandise in said shopping street area and displays lists all sales offers with said commercial images on its screen (
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Said cellphone receives all sales information on said department store and displays said commercial images on its screen (
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Said shopper gets everything he wants to know about said restaurant without having to get into the restaurant. As said shopper walks away from said restaurant, said system measures_said shopper is beyond 20 feet range from said restaurant for more than 5 second, and said popup widow automatically disappeared from said cellphone screen (
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As said shopper walk through in front of a restaurant, said cellphone receives a uniquely assigned digital code to said restaurant sent out by a signal emitter installed within premises of said restaurant. Said system receives said digital code and sent back to its hosting web server, said hosting server retrieves commercials and sent back to said cellphone. A special ring tong is played as to get attention from said shopper. A video clip pre-recorded by said restaurant and uploaded to hosting web server played on a popup window with introduction of said restaurant and high-lighted dishes (
The embodiments are mainly illustrations on the invention, advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the claims. Further it is to be understood that both the foregoing general descriptions and detailed descriptions are exemplary and explanatory only and are not limited to the invention as claimed.