Enhancing Touch and Feel on the Internet
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving over a network from a server computer, in a client computer, information indicative of an image to be displayed on said client computer, said receiving comprising first receiving a first, reduced resolution version of said information and second receiving a second, improved resolution version representing three-dimensional information;
first displaying, on said client computer, said first information;
loading said second information over said network while said first information is being displayed; and
after said second information is loaded, second displaying said second information.
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Abstract
A system for enabling touch and feel over the internet provides a three-dimensional representation of a good being sold, that three-dimensional representation being viewable from a number of different directions. In one embodiment, the good being sold is in a package and the package is displayed from the number of different directions. Another embodiment has the good being a book, and the inside and outside covers of the book are displayed and specified pages of the book can be displayed. The user can read from either the label or the covers just like as if the were actually handling the good.
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47 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving over a network from a server computer, in a client computer, information indicative of an image to be displayed on said client computer, said receiving comprising first receiving a first, reduced resolution version of said information and second receiving a second, improved resolution version representing three-dimensional information;
first displaying, on said client computer, said first information;
loading said second information over said network while said first information is being displayed; and
after said second information is loaded, second displaying said second information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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detecting a request from a user on a client connected to a network for more information about a specified product;
responsive to said request, sending first information about said product to said client, said first information including a reduced data set indicative of data from which a first image of said product can be viewed;
causing said client to display first image;
while said client is displaying said first image, sending said client additional information indicative of a simulated three-dimensional view of said product; and
subsequently displaying said three-dimensional view. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method, comprising:
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forming a three-dimensional representation of an object in graded resolution in which one part of the representation has more resolution than another part of the representation; and
sending said graded resolution representation over a network to a client. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method, comprising:
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obtaining information including an image of both a product, and an outer packaging that is separate from the product;
sending said information from a server of a network to a client of the network; and
at the client of the network, allowing the user to view said outer packaging, and also to virtually remove said outer packaging to view said product without said outer packaging. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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