Color selection, coordination and purchase system

• US 10,180,774 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2017
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BEHR Process Corporation (Masco Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEHR Process Corporation (Masco Corporation)
• Inventors: Buzyn, John, Irizarry, Bernadette, Milsom, Doug, Reynolds, Damien, Une, Donna, Webb, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Caschera, Antonio A
• Application Number:
  US15/495,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20170228111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics

Abstract

Systems and methods include a server configured to provide a web site application to a remote computing device over the Internet. The remote computing device receives user input to control a cursor. The web site application is configured to enable the remote computing device to display a plurality of color sheen chips on a display of the remote computing device, each color sheen chip representing a different color sheen. The web site application is configured to enlarge a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display when the cursor hovers over the particular color sheen chip and to toggle the color sheen chip left and right when the cursor is moved back and forth over the particular color sheen chip.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server configured to provide a web site application to a remote computing device over the Internet, the remote computing device receiving user input to control a cursor and the web site application being configured to enable the remote computing device to display a plurality of color sheen chips on a display of the remote computing device, each color sheen chip representing a different color sheen;

wherein the web site application is configured to enlarge a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display when the cursor hovers over the particular color sheen chip and to toggle the color sheen chip left and right when the cursor is moved back and forth over the particular color sheen chip.

2. The system of claim 1, the web site application being further configured to display a project image including a plurality of different colors, the project image including at least one hot spot with an attention-drawing animation feature.

3. The system of claim 2, the web site application being further configured to display at least one color name when the at least one hot spot is selected.

4. The system of claim 3, the web site application being further configured to display a color summary menu that includes a listing of the plurality of different colors included in the project image.

5. The system of claim 2, the attention-drawing animation feature of the at least one hot spot including pulsing or blinking the at least one hot spot.

6. A method comprising:

providing, with a server, a web site application to a remote computing device over the Internet, the remote computing device receiving user input to control a cursor and the web site application being configured to enable the remote computing device to display a plurality of color sheen chips on a display of the remote computing device, each color sheen chip representing a different color sheen;

wherein the web site application is configured to enlarge a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display when the cursor hovers over the particular color sheen chip and to toggle the color sheen chip left and right when the cursor is moved back and forth over the particular color sheen chip.

7. The method of claim 6, the web site application being further configured to display a project image including a plurality of different colors, the project image including at least one hot spot with an attention-drawing animation feature.

8. The method of claim 7, the web site application being further configured to display at least one color name when the at least one hot spot is selected.

9. The method of claim 8, the web site application being further configured to display a color summary menu that includes a listing of the plurality of different colors included in the project image.

10. The method of claim 7, the attention-drawing animation feature of the at least one hot spot including pulsing or blinking the at least one hot spot.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a computing device that receives user input to control a cursor, the instructions including instructions for:

displaying a plurality of color sheen chips on a display of the computing device, each color sheen chip representing a different color sheen;

enlarging a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display when the cursor hovers over the particular color sheen chip; and

toggling the color sheen chip left and right when the cursor is moved back and forth over the particular color sheen chip.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, the instructions further including instructions for displaying a project image including a plurality of different colors, the project image including at least one hot spot with an attention-drawing animation feature.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, the instructions further including instructions for displaying at least one color name when the at least one hot spot is selected.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, the instructions further including instructions for displaying a color summary menu that includes a listing of the plurality of different colors included in the project image.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, the attention-drawing animation feature of the at least one hot spot including pulsing or blinking the at least one hot spot.