Personalized interactive digital catalog profiling
First Claim
1. A cataloging method, comprising:
- providing a catalog server system having a vendor interface and a user interface, the vendor interface being configured to enable a plurality of vendors to register catalog entries for a plurality of products with the catalog server system, the user interface being configured to enable a user to perform a cataloging action related to one or more of the product catalog entries, the catalog server system including a data store configured to store a user profile for each user of the catalog server system;
registering a plurality of product catalog entries via the vendor interface of the catalog server system;
receiving a user command via the user interface of the catalog server system to perform a cataloging action for a selected product;
creating a personalized user catalog including the product catalog entry for the selected product;
displaying the user catalog on the user interface of the user communication device;
updating a corresponding user profile based on the cataloging action; and
sharing information related to the user profile with vendors via the vendor interface in an anonymous manner that does not reveal a user'"'"'s identity.
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Abstract
An interactive and enhanced digital Instant Catalog of products, services, and information that is personalized or personally profiled, to each unique user of the catalog. The catalog instantly and intelligently captures, stores, manages, and processes self-selected, reusable and “re-distributable” catalog groupings anonymously, for personalizing, enhancing, monitoring, tracking, and peer sharing through multiple mediums and platforms by intelligent agents for a variety of user and vendor specified purposes. The personally profiled cataloged information can be viewed instantaneously and simultaneously by each effected component or member of a supply chain, at the time the product or service has been cataloged, without identifying the cataloger. The user, who preferably employs a Web browser over the Internet, personalizes the interactively produced intelligent catalog content. Products, services, and information groupings are digitally captured and stored by an intelligent catalog agent for enhanced personalized interaction and networking through a peer sharing network, or through an open catalog exchange. The user has the ability to create their own individualized world of products, services, and information that is contextually tailored to each user'"'"'s unique environment in real-time. Web services hosted within a personal Extranet can anonymously assist and facilitate a context specific task or service insightfully and spontaneously. Through the selective cataloging of multi-vendor products, services, and information, a user is able to fully control, personalize, enhance and share, any lifestyle interest captured from ITV, print, the World Wide Web, businesses, and peers.
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53 Claims
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1. A cataloging method, comprising:
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providing a catalog server system having a vendor interface and a user interface, the vendor interface being configured to enable a plurality of vendors to register catalog entries for a plurality of products with the catalog server system, the user interface being configured to enable a user to perform a cataloging action related to one or more of the product catalog entries, the catalog server system including a data store configured to store a user profile for each user of the catalog server system;
registering a plurality of product catalog entries via the vendor interface of the catalog server system;
receiving a user command via the user interface of the catalog server system to perform a cataloging action for a selected product;
creating a personalized user catalog including the product catalog entry for the selected product;
displaying the user catalog on the user interface of the user communication device;
updating a corresponding user profile based on the cataloging action; and
sharing information related to the user profile with vendors via the vendor interface in an anonymous manner that does not reveal a user'"'"'s identity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A cataloging method, comprising:
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providing a catalog server system;
assigning a user an anonymous token that permits access to the catalog server system;
storing one or more user characteristics in a data store accessible to the catalog server system;
receiving a request from the user via a user communication device to create a catalog personalized to the user characteristics;
transmitting a user personalized catalog based on the user characteristics to the user communication device;
creating a profile of the user based on the user personalized catalog and/or other associated user transactions;
transmitting portions of the user profile, alone or in aggregate with other user profiles, to a vendor in an anonymous manner that does not reveal the identity of a user.
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28. A catalog server system for use with a user communication device and a vendor communication device, the system comprising:
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a server having a catalog generation engine and a market research engine;
a data store accessible to the server, the data store being configured to store a user profile for each user of the catalog server system;
a vendor interface served by the server, the vendor interface being configured to enable a plurality of vendors to register catalog entries for a plurality of products with the server;
a user interface served by the server, the user interface being configured to enable a user to input a command for a cataloging action related to one or more of the product catalog entries;
a catalog engine configured to generate a user-personalized catalog in response to the user'"'"'s command, the user-personalized catalog containing information on products selected by the user, the catalog generation system being further configured to update the user profile based on the user-personalized catalog; and
a market research engine configured to create anonymous market research data based on the user profile data;
wherein the vendor interface is configured to share the anonymous market research data with vendors in an anonymous manner that does not reveal a user'"'"'s identity. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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