METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING SELECTING AND/OR PURCHASING OF ITEMS

• US 20110078055A1
• Filed: 04/28/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Claude Faribault, Elizabeth Haydock, Gregory Saumier-Finch, Jean-Francois St-Arnaud, Louise Guay
• Original Assignee: Claude Faribault, Elizabeth Haydock, Gregory Saumier-Finch, Jean-Francois St-Arnaud, Louise Guay
• Inventors: Saumier-Finch, Gregory, Guay, Louise, St-Arnaud, Jean-Francois, Haydock, Elizabeth, FARIBAULT, Claude
• Application Number:
  US12/769,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20110078055A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

Methods and systems for facilitating the selecting and/or the purchasing of items are provided. Items to be purchased may be clothing items. The use of a visualization pane comprising an avatar may be used to facilitate item selection. The avatar may represent a person such as a user and clothing items may be represented on the avatar so as to provide a preview of how the clothing items would look on the user. Searching for purchasable items may be done textually or visually using key images or by a combination of both. Key images selected from a dictionary of key images may to represent search criteria. Coupon offers may be presented to a user which may be redeemable instantly or later at a store location.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating the selection of purchasable items comprising:

a. allowing the user to select a key image from among a dictionary of key images, the key image being representative of a particular type of purchasable item;

b. identifying in at least one database of purchasable items at least one purchasable item of the particular type; and

c. causing the conveyance of an identification of the at least one purchasable to item of the particular type to the user.