SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ELECTRONIC AND INTERACTIVE REPLICATIONS OF PUBLICATIONS
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1. A method for providing to a user an electronic and interactive replication of at least a portion of a corresponding static publication, comprising:
- associating an tag with an electronic and interactive replication of at least a portion of a static publication;
wherein the tag conveys information associated with the at least a portion of the static publication, wherein the information is selected from the group consisting of publication information, region information, issue information, date information, page number information, promotion information, and discount information;
the at least a portion of the static publication having at least two different products appearing in the at least a portion of the static publication;
the two different products being visible in the at least a portion of the static publication;
receiving by a host computer comprising at least one computer processor an input representing the tag;
providing from the host computer the electronic and interactive replication in response to receiving the input representing the tag;
wherein the electronic and interactive replication contains duplications of the appearances of the at least two different products appearing in the at least a portion of the static publication;
wherein the electronic and interactive replication enables a user to obtain additional information about the at least two different products contained within the electronic and interactive replication; and
wherein a user is able to see the duplications of the appearances of at least two different products contained within the electronic and interactive replication and can obtain the additional information about the at least two different products contained within the at least a portion of the static publication by interacting with the electronic and interactive replication.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for enabling viewers of static publications to obtain additional information regarding products therein from electronic and interactive representations of the products on a computer network.
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1. A method for providing to a user an electronic and interactive replication of at least a portion of a corresponding static publication, comprising:
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associating an tag with an electronic and interactive replication of at least a portion of a static publication; wherein the tag conveys information associated with the at least a portion of the static publication, wherein the information is selected from the group consisting of publication information, region information, issue information, date information, page number information, promotion information, and discount information; the at least a portion of the static publication having at least two different products appearing in the at least a portion of the static publication; the two different products being visible in the at least a portion of the static publication; receiving by a host computer comprising at least one computer processor an input representing the tag; providing from the host computer the electronic and interactive replication in response to receiving the input representing the tag; wherein the electronic and interactive replication contains duplications of the appearances of the at least two different products appearing in the at least a portion of the static publication; wherein the electronic and interactive replication enables a user to obtain additional information about the at least two different products contained within the electronic and interactive replication; and wherein a user is able to see the duplications of the appearances of at least two different products contained within the electronic and interactive replication and can obtain the additional information about the at least two different products contained within the at least a portion of the static publication by interacting with the electronic and interactive replication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for providing an electronic and interactive replication of product images appearing in a corresponding static publication image comprising:
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associating an tag with an electronic and interactive replication of a static publication image; wherein the tag conveys information associated with the static publication image, wherein the information is selected from the group consisting of publication information, region information, issue information, date information, page number information, promotion information, and discount information; the static publication image including at least two different products appearing in the static publication image; the two different products being visible in the static publication image; receiving input representing the tag to a web server executed by a host computer comprising at least one computer processor; providing from the web server the electronic and interactive replication of the static publication image in response to receiving the input representing the tag; wherein the electronic and interactive replication includes a first selectable portion corresponding with a first product of the at least two different products and wherein interaction with the first selectable portion provides additional product information about the first product and enables a user to initiate an online purchase of the first product; and wherein the electronic and interactive replication includes a second selectable portion corresponding with a second product of the at least two different products and wherein interaction with of the second selectable portion provides additional product information about the second product and enables a user to initiate online purchase of the second product.
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20. A method for displaying to a user an electronic and interactive replication of images appearing in a corresponding static publication, comprising:
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creating, by a host computer comprising at least one computer processor, an association between an tag and an electronic and interactive replication of an image in a static publication; wherein the tag conveys information associated with the image in the static publication, wherein the information is selected from the group consisting of publication information, region information, issue information, date information, page number information, promotion information, and discount information; the image in the static publication having at least two different products appearing in the image in the static publication and forming part of the image; the two different products being visible to the user in the image in the static publication; receiving an input representing the tag at a web server executed by the host computer comprising at least one computer processor; and providing, from the web server an electronic and interactive replication of the image in the static publication in response to receiving the input representing the tag; wherein the electronic and interactive replication has a duplicate image of the image in the static publication; wherein the electronic and interactive replication enables a user to obtain additional information on the at least two different products contained within interactive replication; and wherein a user is able to see the image of the at least two different products in the interactive replication and can obtain the additional information on the at least two different products contained within image in the static publication by interacting with the electronic and interactive replication.
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21. A system for providing an electronic and interactive replication of at least a portion of a corresponding static publication comprising:
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a host computer comprising at least one computer processor that associates an tag with an electronic and interactive replication of at least a portion of a static publication, wherein the tag conveys information associated with the at least a portion of the static publication, wherein the information is selected from the group consisting of publication information, region information, issue information, date information, page number information, promotion information, and discount information, wherein the at least a portion of the static publication has at least two different products appearing in the at least a portion of the static publication, wherein the electronic and interactive replication contains duplications of the appearances of the at least two different products appearing in the at least a portion of the static publication, wherein the electronic and interactive replication enables a user to obtain additional information about the at least two different products contained within the electronic and interactive replication;
wherein a user is able to see the duplications of the appearances of at least two different products contained within the electronic and interactive replication and can obtain the additional information about the at least two different products contained within the at least a portion of the static publication by interacting with the electronic and interactive replication; anda web server application executed by the host computer that provides the electronic and interactive replication to a computing device of a user in response to receiving input representing the tag. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed cause a data processing system to perform the following:
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associate an tag with an electronic and interactive replication of at least a portion of a static publication; wherein the tag conveys information associated with the at least a portion of the static publication, wherein the information is selected from the group consisting of publication information, region information, issue information, date information, page number information, promotion information, and discount information; wherein the at least a portion of the static publication has at least two different products appearing in the at least a portion of the static publication; and wherein the two different products are visible in the at least a portion of static publication; process a received input representing the tag; and provide the electronic and interactive replication of the at least a portion of the static publication in response to receiving the input representing the tag; wherein the electronic and interactive replication contains duplications of the appearances of the at least two different products appearing in the at least a portion of the static publication; wherein the electronic and interactive replication enables the user to obtain additional information beyond information from the at least a portion of static publication on the at least two different products contained within the electronic and interactive replication; and wherein a user is able to see the electronic and interactive replication and the at least two different products in the electronic and interactive replication and can obtain the additional information on the at least two different products contained within the at least a portion of the static publication by interacting with the electronic and interactive replication. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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