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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2008
L. Scott Bloebaum, Cary, NC (US);
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gregory A. Dunko, Cary, NC (US);
Daniel P. Homiller, Cary, NC (US);
Charles Liu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
L. Scott Bloebaum, Cary, NC (US);
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gregory A. Dunko, Cary, NC (US);
Daniel P. Homiller, Cary, NC (US);
Charles Liu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for aiding shoppers. A shopper enters a product search query into a hand-held device and, via Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology, transfers the query to a terminal at a shopping establishment. The terminal forwards the search query to a search engine over a network and the search engine, after consulting a database, returns results meeting the criteria of the search query to the terminal for presentation on a display at the terminal. The shopper is then offered the option of transferring the results data, via NFC devices located in the hand-held device and the terminal, from the terminal to a memory in the hand-held device.