METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN AREA RUGS
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1. Apparatus for assisting a user to discover the user'"'"'s preferences in objects, the apparatus comprising:
- a server having a processor coupled to a computer network; and
at least one storage device containing;
a database containing at least one image and at least two attributes associated with each of a plurality of objects; and
a program for execution by the processor, the program causing the processor to;
display images of a selected set of the objects, wherein the set of images is selected to be representative of a plurality of possible combinations of the at least two attributes;
accept from the user an indication that at least one of the images in the set of images is preferred by the user over the other images in the set of images; and
provide the user with an indication of the values of the at least two attributes associated with the at least one preferred image.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for facilitating the sale and distribution of handmade rugs. High resolution images are obtained of rugs in the inventories of many rug merchants. The rugs are classified based on their age, size, color, design, layout, pattern, the type of pile and foundation materials, the knot, their overall design, and where they were made. Then the images and attribute data are stored in a database may be searched based on the attributes. Alternatively, searches may be performed graphically.
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1. Apparatus for assisting a user to discover the user'"'"'s preferences in objects, the apparatus comprising:
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a server having a processor coupled to a computer network; and
at least one storage device containing;
a database containing at least one image and at least two attributes associated with each of a plurality of objects; and
a program for execution by the processor, the program causing the processor to;
display images of a selected set of the objects, wherein the set of images is selected to be representative of a plurality of possible combinations of the at least two attributes;
accept from the user an indication that at least one of the images in the set of images is preferred by the user over the other images in the set of images; and
provide the user with an indication of the values of the at least two attributes associated with the at least one preferred image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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12. A method for assisting a user to discover the user'"'"'s preferences in objects, the method comprising:
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storing in a database at least one image and at least two attributes associated with each one of a plurality of the objects;
displaying images of a selected set of the objects, wherein the set of images is selected to be representative of a plurality of possible combinations of the at least two attributes;
accepting from the user an indication that at least one of the images in the set of images is preferred over the other images in the set of images; and
providing the user an indication of the values of the at least two attributes associated with the at least one preferred image.
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