Associating cosmetic products to skin tone color
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1. A system comprising:
- a database of cosmetic products, arranged by a product manufacturer classification, wherein the database of cosmetic products includes a plurality of cosmetic manufacturers;
a skin tone color space; and
a database of cosmetic products with skin tones comprising;
a first field reserved in the database, wherein the first field identifies a first analyzed cosmetic product; and
a second field reserved in the database, wherein the second field identifies the first analyzed cosmetic product, and each cosmetic product of the database of cosmetic products at least one match to a skin tone identifier in the skin tone color space,for an analyzed cosmetic product, a record includes the analyzed cosmetic product in the database of cosmetic products with skin tones,for a record associated with an analyzed cosmetic product having only a single color in the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, there are at least two fields storing different skin tone identifiers associated with the analyzed cosmetic product,a first determined skin tone identifier is stored in the first field associating the first determined skin tone identifier with a first analyzed cosmetic product, anda second determined skin tone identifier is stored in the second field associating the second determined skin tone identifier with the first analyzed cosmetic product,wherein a query of the database of cosmetic products comprises determining from a received user skin tone identifier, obtained from an optical scanner, whether the received user skin tone identifier matches at least one of the first determined skin tone identifier or the second determined skin tone identifier,the database of cosmetic products with skin tones is stored on nontransitory computer-readable media.
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Abstract
A system allows people to more easily find products matching their skin tone. The system includes a database that categorizes cosmetic products according to a skin tone color set. The system includes a scanning device to scan one or more spots of a person'"'"'s skin. For example, three different spots can be scanned. The scan determines a skin-tone identifier for the person'"'"'s skin. With this skin-tone identifier, the customer can view products that match their skin tone.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a database of cosmetic products, arranged by a product manufacturer classification, wherein the database of cosmetic products includes a plurality of cosmetic manufacturers; a skin tone color space; and a database of cosmetic products with skin tones comprising; a first field reserved in the database, wherein the first field identifies a first analyzed cosmetic product; and a second field reserved in the database, wherein the second field identifies the first analyzed cosmetic product, and each cosmetic product of the database of cosmetic products at least one match to a skin tone identifier in the skin tone color space, for an analyzed cosmetic product, a record includes the analyzed cosmetic product in the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, for a record associated with an analyzed cosmetic product having only a single color in the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, there are at least two fields storing different skin tone identifiers associated with the analyzed cosmetic product, a first determined skin tone identifier is stored in the first field associating the first determined skin tone identifier with a first analyzed cosmetic product, and a second determined skin tone identifier is stored in the second field associating the second determined skin tone identifier with the first analyzed cosmetic product, wherein a query of the database of cosmetic products comprises determining from a received user skin tone identifier, obtained from an optical scanner, whether the received user skin tone identifier matches at least one of the first determined skin tone identifier or the second determined skin tone identifier, the database of cosmetic products with skin tones is stored on nontransitory computer-readable media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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providing a computing device, communicatively coupled to a network; accessing a database of cosmetic products, arranged by a product manufacturer classification, wherein the database of cosmetic products includes a plurality of cosmetic manufacturers; providing a skin tone color space; accessing a database of cosmetic products with skin tones, accessible to the computing device over the network, wherein the database comprises a first field identifying a first analyzed cosmetic product, and a second field identifying the first analyzed cosmetic product, and for each cosmetic product of the database of cosmetic products, said cosmetic product is associated with at least one match with a skin tone identifier in the skin tone color space; for an analyzed cosmetic product, providing a record associated with the analyzed cosmetic product in the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, wherein the record associated with the analyzed cosmetic product includes only a single color in the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, the single color associated with the analyzed cosmetic product corresponds to at least two fields storing different skin tone identifiers defined by the skin tone color space that include a first determined skin tone identifier stored in the first field associated with a first analyzed cosmetic product, and a second determined skin tone identifier is stored in the second field associated with the first analyzed cosmetic product; causing a first query to execute against the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, wherein the first query determines that the analyzed cosmetic product corresponds with a first user skin tone identifier, and the first user skin tone identifier is obtained using an optical scanner; and causing a second query to execute against the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, wherein the second query determines that the analyzed cosmetic product corresponds with a second user skin tone identifier, the first and second user skin tone identifiers are different skin tone identifiers, and the second user skin tone identifier is obtained using the optical scanner. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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providing a computing device, communicatively coupled to a network; accessing a database of cosmetic products, arranged by a product manufacturer classification, wherein the database of cosmetic products includes a plurality of cosmetic manufacturers; providing a skin tone color space, wherein the skin tone color space comprises a specialized color space where each color in the skin tone color space corresponds to a skin tone found in the general public; accessing a database of cosmetic products with skin tones, accessible to the computing device over the network, wherein the database comprises a first field identifying a first analyzed cosmetic product, and a second field identifying the first analyzed cosmetic product, and for each cosmetic product of the database of cosmetic products, said cosmetic product is associated with at least one match with a skin tone identifier in the skin tone color space; for an analyzed cosmetic product, providing a record associated with the analyzed cosmetic product in the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, wherein the record associated with the analyzed cosmetic product includes only a single color in the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, the single color associated with the analyzed cosmetic product corresponds to at least two fields storing different skin tone identifiers defined by the skin tone color space that include a first determined skin tone identifier stored in the first field associated with a first analyzed cosmetic product, and a second determined skin tone identifier is stored in the second field associated with the first analyzed cosmetic product; causing an optical scanner to transform at least two scans taken at least two different locations of a user'"'"'s face into a single skin tone identifier that is representative of the at least two scans; causing a query to execute against the database of cosmetic products with skin tones, wherein the query determines whether the analyzed cosmetic product corresponds with the single skin tone identifier, and the single skin tone identifier is obtained using the optical scanner; and sorting the analyzed cosmetic product to determine whether the analyzed cosmetic product exists in an inventory. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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