SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING BAND CONFIGURATIONS

• US 20150051998A1
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blue Nile Incorporated (Signet Jewelers Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blue Nile Incorporated (Signet Jewelers Limited)
• Inventors: Gire, Steven, Sainsbury, Jonathan, Bostow, Benjamin Marvin
• Application Number:
  US14/040,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20150051998A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments relate to and the presentation thereof in a computer interface. Particularly, some embodiments facilitate the selection of combinations by a user. The combination may be, e.g., an engagement and a wedding ring. In some embodiments, an event-triggering architecture in the interface facilitates the selective updating of interface elements in a manner paralleling the desired process path traversed by the user.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a network interface configured to communicate with a user device;

at least one memory comprising instructions configured to be received via software on the user device, and wherein the instructions are executable by at least one processor on the user device, to;

receive a selection of a primary ring style from a user;

identify a plurality of compatible secondary ring styles based on the selected primary ring style, the secondary ring styles selected from a dataset that contains;

a correspondence between the primary ring style and a plurality of compatible secondary ring styles; and

a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images depicting the primary ring style and a different one of the plurality of compatible secondary ring styles as they would appear adjacent to one another on a user'"'"'s hand;

generate a display for the user, the display comprising;

a primary ring display region that displays the selected primary ring style; and

a secondary ring display region that displays at least some of the plurality of secondary ring styles that are compatible with the primary ring style;

receive a user selection of a compatible secondary ring style; and

update the display for the user, based in part on the dataset, such that the display further includes a combination display region, the combination display region including an image of the selected primary ring style and the selected compatible secondary ring style as they would appear on a user'"'"'s hand.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor on the user device to cause the user device to display an interface comprising a “

ghost”

icon directing the user how to provide an input.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the display for the user further comprises:

a price display region displaying a combined price of the selected primary ring style and the selected compatible secondary ring style.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the instructions comprise JAVASCRIPT and wherein the dataset comprises a JSON object.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the primary ring style is an engagement ring and the secondary ring style is a wedding ring.

6. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the secondary ring display region is configured to update following a selection of a new secondary ring style by the user, the update comprising:

depicting a new image of the selected primary ring style and the newly selected compatible secondary ring style; and

modifying the price display region to reflect the price of the selected primary ring style and the newly selected compatible secondary ring style.

7. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the first update is configured to cause a third update, the third update configured to stop a perspective animation of the primary ring style.

21. The computer system of claim 6, wherein an associated secondary ring list in the dataset corresponds to a secondary ring style ID, and the secondary ring style id in the dataset corresponds to a combined price and to a combined image for display in the combination display.

8. A computer-implemented method for presenting element information comprising:

receiving, at a computer system, a selection of a primary ring style from a user;

identifying, at the computer system, a plurality of compatible secondary ring styles based on the selected primary ring style, the secondary ring styles selected from a dataset that contains;

a correspondence between the primary ring style and a plurality of compatible secondary ring styles; and

a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images depicting the primary ring style and a different one of the plurality of compatible secondary ring styles as they would appear adjacent to one another on a user'"'"'s hand;

generating a display for the user, the display comprising;

a primary ring display region that displays the selected primary ring style; and

a secondary ring display region that displays at least some of the plurality of secondary ring styles that are compatible with the primary ring style;

receiving, at the computer system, a user selection of a compatible secondary ring style; and

updating, at the computer system, the display for the user, based in part on the dataset, such that the display further includes a combination display region, the combination display region including an image of the selected primary ring style and the selected compatible secondary ring style as they would appear on a user'"'"'s hand.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein generating a display for the user comprises:

generating a price display region displaying a combined price of the selected primary ring style and the selected compatible secondary ring style; and

wherein the combination display region is configured to trigger an update event in the price display region following an update event at the combination display region.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein identifying, at the computer system, a plurality of compatible secondary ring styles comprises running JAVASCRIPT instructions, and wherein the dataset comprises a JSON object.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the primary ring style is an engagement ring and the secondary ring style is a wedding ring.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the secondary ring display region is configured to update following a selection of a new secondary ring style by the user, the update comprising:

depicting a new image of the selected primary ring style and the newly selected compatible secondary ring style; and

modifying the price display region to reflect the price of the selected primary ring style and the newly selected compatible secondary ring style.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the first update is configured to cause a third update, the third update configured to stop a perspective animation of the primary ring style.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a computer system to:

receive a selection of a primary ring style from a user;

identify a plurality of compatible secondary ring styles based on the selected primary ring style, the secondary ring styles selected from a dataset that contains;

a correspondence between the primary ring style and a plurality of compatible secondary ring styles; and

a plurality of images, each of the plurality of images depicting the primary ring style and a different one of the plurality of compatible secondary ring styles as they would appear adjacent to one another on a user'"'"'s hand;

generate a display for the user, the display comprising;

a primary ring display region that displays the selected primary ring style; and

a secondary ring display region that displays at least some of the plurality of secondary ring styles that are compatible with the primary ring style;

receive a user selection of a compatible secondary ring style; and

update the display for the user, based in part on the dataset, such that the display further includes a combination display region, the combination display region including an image of the selected primary ring style and the selected compatible secondary ring style as they would appear on a user'"'"'s hand.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is located on a memory in a server.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein to generate a display for the user comprises:

generating a price display region displaying a combined price of the selected primary ring style and the selected compatible secondary ring style; and

wherein

the combination display region is configured to trigger an update event in the price display region following an update event at the combination display region.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions comprise JAVASCRIPT and wherein the dataset comprises a JSON object.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the primary ring style is an engagement ring and the secondary ring style is a wedding ring.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the secondary ring display region is configured to initiate at least a portion of an event cascade following a selection of a new secondary ring style by the user, the event cascade comprising a plurality of updates, wherein

a first update of the plurality of updates causes the combination display to depict a new image of the selected primary ring style and the newly selected compatible secondary ring style, the combination display causing a second update in the price display region based upon the first update, and

the second update configured to modify the price display region to reflect the price of the selected primary ring style and the newly selected compatible secondary ring style.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first update is configured to cause a third update, the third update configured to stop a perspective animation of the primary ring style.