Electronic commerce system, commodity fitness judgment apparatus, and commodity fitness judgment method
First Claim
1. An electronic commerce system having a commodity fitness judgment capability, comprising:
- a terminal operable by a user having a body; and
a server connected to the terminal via a network, the server including;
a first database including size information indicating a size of the user'"'"'s body;
a second database including size information indicating sizes of commodities;
a first acquisition unit operable to acquire from the first database the size information indicating the size of the user'"'"'s body;
a second acquisition unit operable to acquire from the second database size information indicating the size of one of the commodities designated by the user;
a comparison unit operable to compare the size of the one commodity with the size of the user'"'"'s body to produce a comparison result; and
a notification unit operable to notify the terminal of the comparison result.
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Abstract
An electronic commerce system having a commodity fitness judgment capability includes a server having a database storing size information indicating body sizes of users and a database storing size information indicating commodity sizes, a fitness judgment engine for comparing the size of a commodity designated by a user with the body size of the user, a user terminal for checking the comparison result, and a graphics engine for generating an image to be displayed by generating a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image of the body of the user in accordance with the body size of the user, superimposing an object of the commodity on the object of the user, and mapping a texture of the commodity selected by the user onto the object of the commodity.
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29 Claims
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1. An electronic commerce system having a commodity fitness judgment capability, comprising:
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a terminal operable by a user having a body; and
a server connected to the terminal via a network, the server including;
a first database including size information indicating a size of the user'"'"'s body;
a second database including size information indicating sizes of commodities;
a first acquisition unit operable to acquire from the first database the size information indicating the size of the user'"'"'s body;
a second acquisition unit operable to acquire from the second database size information indicating the size of one of the commodities designated by the user;
a comparison unit operable to compare the size of the one commodity with the size of the user'"'"'s body to produce a comparison result; and
a notification unit operable to notify the terminal of the comparison result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic commerce system, comprising:
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a terminal operable by a user having a body;
a first database including size information indicating a size of the user'"'"'s body;
a second database including size information indicating sizes of commodities;
a first acquisition unit operable to acquire from the first database the size information indicating the size of the user'"'"'s body;
a second acquisition unit operable to acquire from the second database size information indicating the size of one of the commodities designated by the user;
a comparison unit operable to compare the size of the one commodity with the size of the user'"'"'s body to produce a comparison result; and
a notification unit operable to notify the terminal of the comparison result.
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11. A commodity fitness judgment apparatus, comprising:
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a first database including size information indicating a body size of a user;
a second database including size information indicating sizes of commodities;
a first acquisition unit operable to acquire from the first database the size information indicating the body size of the user;
a second acquisition unit operable to acquire from the second database size information indicating the size of one of the commodities designated by the user;
a comparison unit operable to compare the size of the one commodity with the body size of the user to produce a comparison result; and
a notification unit operable to notify the user of the comparison result. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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19. A commodity fitness displaying apparatus, comprising:
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a display screen;
a first acquisition unit operable to acquire size information indicating a body size of a user from a first database connected to the commodity fitness displaying apparatus via a cable or a network;
a second acquisition unit operable to acquire size information indicating a size of a particular commodity designated by the user from a second database connected to the commodity fitness displaying apparatus via a cable or a network;
a comparison unit operable to compare the size of the particular commodity with the body size of the user to produce a comparison result; and
a display unit operable to display the comparison result on the display screen.
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22. A method for assisting a user in purchasing a commodity using a computer, comprising:
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acquiring size information indicating a body size of the user from a first database;
acquiring size information indicating a size of a particular commodity designated by the user from a second database;
comparing the size of the particular commodity with the body size of the user to produce a comparison result; and
transmitting the comparison result to a terminal operated by the user. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An electronic commerce system, comprising:
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a terminal operable by a user having a body, the terminal having a display screen;
a storage device operable to store an object associated with the body of the user and objects associated with commodities;
an acquisition unit operable to acquire from the storage device the object associated with the body of the user and an object associated with one of the commodities designated by the user;
an image generation unit operable to generate a display image by combining the object associated with the body of the user and the object associated with the one commodity; and
a display unit operable to display the display image on the display screen of the terminal.
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28. A commodity fitness judgment apparatus, comprising:
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an acquisition unit operable to acquire an object associated with a body of a user and an object associated with a particular commodity designated by the user from a storage device connected to the commodity fitness judgment apparatus via a cable or a network;
an image generation unit operable to generate a display image by combining the object associated with the body of the user and the object associated with the particular commodity; and
a display unit operable to display the display image on a terminal operated by the user.
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29. A method for assisting a user in purchasing a commodity using a computer, comprising:
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acquiring from a storage device an object associated with a body of the user and an object associated with a particular commodity designated by the user;
generating a display image by combining the object associated with the body of the user and the object associated with the particular commodity; and
displaying the display image on a terminal operated by the user.
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