Retail website user interface, systems, and methods for displaying trending looks by location

• US 10,600,062 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2016
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Target Brands Inc. (Target Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Target Brands Inc. (Target Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakamoto, Kevin, Maly, Matt
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nga B
• Application Number:
  US15/070,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20170270539A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,470 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A system including a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a display device is disclosed. The GUI includes a plurality of images displayed on the display device, each image being of a look that is determined to be trending within a previous time period; and each image is displayed as taken by a photographer and posting on a social network. The plurality of images is filterable based on a selection of one or more locations.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a display device, the GUI being a website of a retailer that sells products, the GUI including;

a plurality of images retrieved from one or more social networks that are separate from the website of the retailer, each image being of a look that is determined to be trending within a previous time period, the look being determined to be trending based on information within the one or more social networks, the information within the one or more social networks including a tag or identifier associated with the image, a total number of likes of the image via the social network, and a geographical location based on a selection of one or more locations; and

each image is displayed on the website of the retailer as taken by a photographer and previously posted on the one or more social networks, each image includes at least one product purchasable from the retailer, each image being displayed on the website of the retailer without a price of the at least one product in each image and without text naming, describing, or identifying the at least one product, wherein each image can be selected via the website of the retailer, and when one of the plurality of images is selected, in a location of at least a part of the selected image on the website of the retailer, the price of the at least one product, text naming or describing the at least one product, and a link to permit viewing of further details of the at least one product are displayed on the website of the retailer,

wherein the plurality of images displayed on the website of the retailer is filterable based on a selection of one or more locations, and

wherein the plurality of images is filterable on the website of the retailer based on one or more emotion categories, the one or more emotion categories being based on a predetermined number of emoticons, and wherein each of the plurality of images is classifiable into one of the one or more emotion categories based on whether the image includes one or more of the predetermined number of emoticons associated therewith.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the total number of likes of the image is greater than a threshold number of likes.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more locations are selected using airport codes.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more locations include locations having a percentage of images including the tag or identifier that is greater than a threshold percentage.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein a format of the images includes one or more of a digital photograph, a digital video, or a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).

13. The system according to claim 1, wherein the previous time period includes a past seven days.

6. An Internet website system, comprising:

at least one server that is connectable to the Internet and that is configured to provide a retail website for selling products that is viewable on a display device, the retail website displays a plurality of separate images arranged in a plurality of rows and columns;

each image is of a look determined to be trending that includes one or more products that are for sale by a retailer via the retail website and has been posted on one or more social networks that are separate from the retail website, each image is retrieved from one of the one or more social networks;

each image is displayed on the retail website as taken by a photographer and posted on one of the one or more social networks; and

each image is identified for retrieval based on a tag or identifier associated with the image on the one or more social networks; and

the plurality of images displayed is filterable based on a selection of one or more locations, and wherein the plurality of images is filterable based on one or more emotion categories, the one or more emotion categories being based on a predetermined number of emoticons, and wherein each of the plurality of images is classifiable into one of the one or more emotion categories based on whether the image includes one or more of the predetermined number of emoticons associated therewith, the look being determined to be trending based on information from one or more social networks, the information from one or more social networks including the tag or identifier associated with the image, a total number of likes of the image via the social network, and a geographical location based on a selection of one or more locations, each image being displayed on the retail website without a price of the at least one product in each image and without text naming, describing, or identifying the at least one product, wherein each image can be selected, and when one of the plurality of images is selected, in a location of at least a part of the selected image, the price of the at least one product, text naming or describing the at least one product, and a link to permit viewing of further details of the at least one product are displayed.

7. The Internet website system according to claim 6, wherein a format of the images includes one or more of a digital photograph, a digital video, or a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).

8. The Internet website system according to claim 6, wherein the images displayed include a location tag associated with the selection of the one or more locations.

9. The Internet website system according to claim 6, further comprising an agreement which is provided from the server to a user device of the photographer.

10. The Internet website system according to claim 9, wherein the website displays images that were captured by a plurality of photographers having accepted the agreement.

12. The computer-implemented method according to claim 9, wherein a format of the images includes one or more of a digital photograph, a digital video, or a Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).

11. A computer-implemented method of presenting products to a consumer for purchase via a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display device of the consumer, comprising:

retrieving images of looks that are determined to be trending from one or more social networks, the look being determined to be trending based on information from the one or more social networks, the information from one or more social networks including a tag or identifier associated with the image, a total number of likes of the image via the social network, and a geographical location based on a selection of one or more locations; and

via a retail website that is separate from the one or more social networks and that sells products and that is accessible by the consumer and that is rendered via one or more servers, displaying on the display device of the consumer an image of each trending look via the retail website, and displaying each image as taken by a photographer and posted on one of the one or more social networks, each image includes at least one product purchasable from a retailer via the retail website, each image being displayed on the retail website without a price of the at least one product in each image and without text naming, describing, or identifying the at least one product, wherein each image can be selected, and when one of the plurality of images is selected, in a location of at least a part of the selected image, the price of the at least one product, text naming or describing the at least one product, and a link to permit viewing of further details of the at least one product are displayed on the retail website, and filtering the images based on a selection of one or more locations, and filtering the images based on one or more emotion categories, the one or more emotion categories being based on a predetermined number of emoticons, and wherein each of the plurality of images is classifiable into one of the one or more emotion categories based on whether the image includes one or more of the predetermined number of emoticons associated therewith.