The invention discloses a subway self-service shopping method and
system based on intelligent goods taking cabinets. The intelligent goods taking containers are arranged at entrances and exits of subway stations, and the intelligent goods taking containers are internally provided with storage units which are arranged in a grid mode. The subway self-service shopping method comprises the following steps that schedule activity information is created and published, and the schedule activity information comprises a shelved commodity in the current schedule and one
subway station which participatesin the current schedule; when order information in which
payment is finished by a user according to the schedule activity information is received and the order information comprises the commodity andthe
subway station for taking goods, according to the order information, the storage unit, corresponding to the purchased commodity, of the intelligent goods taking cabinet of the
subway station for taking the goods is locked; and when a cabinet opening instruction is received, the storage unit corresponding to the cabinet opening instruction is opened. According to the technical scheme, subway passenger
purchasing decision time is combined with commuting time, and the gridding
layout of the intelligent goods taking cabinets is utilized, so that
purchasing and goods taking time of the user canbe saved, and shopping convenience and
time efficiency of subway passengers can be maximized.