Methods and systems for facilitating the provision of opinions to a shopper from a panel of peers
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a shopper, a request for opinions regarding a garment;
determining an image of the garment;
selecting, for the shopper, a plurality of peers to provide the opinion, the peers being selected based on a characteristic associated with the shopper;
outputting to each of the plurality of peers the request for the opinion and the image of the garment;
receiving responses to the request from at least a subset of the plurality of peers; and
outputting, to the shopper, an indication of the opinions of the peers regarding the garment, the opinions of the peers being determined based on the received responses.
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Abstract
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a system determines an image, selects a panel of participants, and outputs the image to each of the participants of the panel of participants. The image may be an image of a garment a shopper is considering purchasing, an image of the shopper wearing the garment, or an image of a virtual model of the shopper combined with an image of the garment. The panel of participants may be selected based on a characteristic associated with the shopper. The image may be output to the panel of participants along with a request for an opinion regarding the garment (e.g., “Buy It” or “Don'"'"'t Buy It”). The responses may be collected from the participants and an indication of the results may be output to the shopper.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, from a shopper, a request for opinions regarding a garment;
determining an image of the garment;
selecting, for the shopper, a plurality of peers to provide the opinion, the peers being selected based on a characteristic associated with the shopper;
outputting to each of the plurality of peers the request for the opinion and the image of the garment;
receiving responses to the request from at least a subset of the plurality of peers; and
outputting, to the shopper, an indication of the opinions of the peers regarding the garment, the opinions of the peers being determined based on the received responses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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7. A method, comprising:
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receiving an image from a shopper, the image depicting a garment;
selecting for the shopper, substantially at a time the image is received, a plurality of participants to whom the image is to be output, each of the participants of the plurality of participants being selected based on a characteristic specified by a shopper associated with the garment;
causing, substantially at a time the plurality of participants is selected, the image to be output to each participant of the plurality of participants by causing a cellular telephone of the participant to display the image, wherein a request for an opinion regarding the garment is output in association with the image;
collecting responses to the request for a predetermined period of time from a time at which the image was output, wherein the predetermined period of time is not longer than ten minutes; and
outputting an indication of the collected responses to the shopper. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 21, 22)
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