ON-LINE DOWNTOWN OR SHOPING MALL BEING CLOSELY LINKED WITH OFF-LINE DOWNTOWN OR SHOPPING MALL USING REAL SHAPE OF OFF-LINE DOWNTOWN OR SHOPPING MALL

摘要

PURPOSE: An online shopping street or shopping mall is provided to enable a user to browse a shopping street or mall as if the user browses a real world shopping street or shopping mall, and to get detailed information on a store at a homepage of a corresponding store in a case that the user clicks on an online store. CONSTITUTION: The online shopping street or shopping mall has a form geographically and topographically similar to a real world shopping street or shopping mall. If a user scrolls a screen left to right or vice versa, the user can browse stores in the online shopping street or shopping mall as if he or she browses the stores in the real world shopping street or shopping mall while he or she is walking in the street or mall. The online shopping street or shopping mall is linked to the real world shopping street or shopping mall. A hosting service provider hosts web pages or events of the online shopping street or shopping mall. The user can get information on an event or a discount at the online shopping street or shopping mall, and purchase commodities there.