Ordering goods from remote storage location for distance shopping e.g. duty free goods to be collected at end of flight

摘要

The method uses a communication system (1) provided with an offer unit (11), a selection unit (12) and a transmission unit (14). A purchaser uses the selection unit (12), e.g. a keyboard, a bar-code reader, touch-screen, electronic pen, credit-, check- or chip card reader, to select goods available through the offer unit (11) by generation of product information corresponding to the selected goods. The selected goods information, together with purchaser identification information and destination information about the desired destination of the purchaser are generated from the transmitter (14) and are sent via a data transmission path (2), e.g. wireless (radio, satellite) or cable (telephone or data network), to a central receiver (3).The receiver (3) is connected via several data transmission paths (4) to a number of selection and collection stations (5) at different possible destinations. These stations (5) each include a goods store (51) and at least one output device (52) where the purchaser can collect the goods he has ordered according to his identification. The selected goods are made available from the goods store (51) of the selected location on the basis of the transmitted information.