COMPUTERIZED DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING AN OUTFIT

• US 20150186965A1
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Salsberg Paul
• Original Assignee: Salsberg Paul
• Inventors: Paul, Salsberg
• Application Number:
  US14/141,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20150186965A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/381 using identifiers, e.g. barcodes, RFIDs for URLs G06F16/9554
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted

Abstract

Articles of fashion with tags, computerized systems, methods, and mobile devices with computer program products installed thereon that enable a user to create a coordinated ensemble without the assistance of a fashion stylist. Embodiments comprise: 1) a fashion article comprising a permanent tag with a URL and a temporary tag with a QR code, both directing the user to a webpage disclosing the article'"'"'s features, such as: size, care instructions, materials, designer, etc.; 2) a website service to analyze matching colors, and display other products that mix and match, and expert fashion advice; and, 3) a mobile device with a camera and a mobile app to analyze and display the color values (CMYK and/or Pantone) in an article and a user'"'"'s skin tone, and compute matching colors to enable the user to create a coordinated ensemble in features comprising color, style, texture, etc.

Claims

1. A fashion article with a permanent tag comprising a URL encoding a webpage disclosing an article'"'"'s features selected from the group consisting of:

care instructions, material composition, size, designer label, style, type, texture, and distinguishing characteristics.

2. The article of claim 1 further comprising a temporary tag comprising a QR code encoding the URL.

3. The article of claim 1, wherein the webpage further comprises recommendations from professional stylists to create a coordinated ensemble for the article.

4. The article of claim 2, wherein the webpage comprises a means for a user to indicate the main colors in the article, and the device to compute and display colors that match the main colors.

5. The article of claim 4, wherein the color is indicated by its CMYK and/or Pantone identification codes.

6. A computerized method of displaying a webpage disclosing a fashion article'"'"'s features:

a) scanning a quick response (QR) code displayed on an article with an electronic computing device;

b) interpreting the URL encoded with the QR code by a processor of the electronic computing device;

c) navigating to the URL of a remote system server using the web-browser of the electronic computing device;

d) displaying by the remote system server the article'"'"'s features on the webpage encoded by the URL; and

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e) wherein the features are selected from the group consisting of;

care instructions, material composition, size, designer label, style, type, texture, and distinguishing characteristics.

7. The computerized method of claim 6, wherein the webpage further comprises recommendations from professional stylists to create a coordinated ensemble for the article.

8. The computerized method of claim 6, wherein the webpage further comprises a means for a user to indicate the main colors in the article, and the device to compute and display colors that match the main colors.

9. The computerized method of claim 8, wherein the colors are indicated by CMYK and/or Pantone identification codes.

10. The computerized method of claim 8, further comprising displaying one or more webpages comprising additional articles that match in style, type, and color.

11. A computerized method of analyzing the main colors in a fashion article, comprising:

a) scanning an image of a fashion article by utilizing a camera on an electronic computing device;

b) computing by a processor of the electronic computing device the main colors of the article;

c) displaying the identity of the main colors overlaid onto an image of the article;

d) computing by the processor the matching colors to the main colors;

e) displaying the images of the matching colors overlaid with the name of the color;

f) wherein the main and matching colors are each identified by CMYK and/or Pantone identification codes; and

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g) wherein the fashion article is selected from the group consisting of pants, shirt, coats, dresses, jackets, sweaters, shoes, jewelry, pursues, and fashion accessories.

12. The computerized method of claim 11, further comprising directing the web-browser of the electronic computing device to a website of a remote system server displaying one or more webpages comprising additional items comprising the matching colors to create a coordinated ensemble.

13. A computerized method to determine the color compatibility of two fashion articles, comprising:

a) scanning an image of a first fashion article by utilizing a camera on an electronic computing device;

b) computing by a processor of the device the color identification codes of the main colors of the first article;

c) scanning an image of a second fashion article by utilizing the camera of the device;

d) computing by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the main colors of the second article;

e) computing a comparative value by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the first and second articles; and

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f) displaying the comparative value on the device, wherein the value indicates a degree of color matching between the first and second article.

14. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the color identification codes colors are CMYK and/or Pantone identification codes.

15. A computerized method to determine a user'"'"'s skin tone color identification, comprising:

a) scanning an image of a user'"'"'s skin by utilizing a camera on an electronic computing device;

b) computing by a processor of the device the color identification codes of the user'"'"'s skin; and

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c) displaying on the device the skin color identification codes, wherein the codes are identified by CMYK and/or Pantone identification codes.

16. The computerized method of claim 15, further comprising:

d) scanning an image of a first fashion article by utilizing the camera on the electronic computing device;

e) computing by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the main colors of the first article;

e) computing a comparative value by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the user'"'"'s skin and the first article; and

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f) displaying the comparative value on the device, wherein the value indicates a degree of color matching between the user'"'"'s skin and the first article.

17. The computerized method of claim 15 further comprising, comparing the color compatibility of two fashion articles with the user'"'"'s skin color, comprising:

a) scanning an image of a first fashion article by utilizing a camera on an electronic computing device;

b) computing by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the main colors of the first article;

c) scanning an image of a second fashion article by utilizing the camera of the device;

d) computing by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the main colors of the second article;

e) computing a comparative value by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the first and second articles; and

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f) computing a comparative value by the processor of the device of the value of step (e) with the color identification codes of the color identification codes of the user'"'"'s skin of step 15(b); and

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g) displaying the comparative value on the device, wherein the value indicates a degree of color matching between the first and second article and the user'"'"'s skin.

18. A computer program product to compute matching colors of a fashion article, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing machine instructions that, when executed by a server system comprising one or more programmable processors, cause the server system to perform functions comprising:

a) scanning an image of a fashion article by utilizing a camera on an electronic computing device;

b) computing by a processor of the electronic computing device the main colors of the article;

c) displaying the identity of the main colors overlaid on to an image of the article;

d) computing by the processor the matching colors to the main colors;

e) displaying the images of the matching colors overlaid with the name of the color;

f) wherein the main and matching colors are each identified by CMYK and/or Pantone identification codes; and

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g) wherein the fashion article is selected from the group consisting of pants, shirt, coats, dresses, jackets, sweaters, shoes, jewelry, pursues, and fashion accessories.

19. A computer program product to determine the color compatibility of two fashion articles comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing machine instructions that, when executed by a server system comprising one or more programmable processors, cause the server system to perform functions comprising:

a) scanning an image of a first fashion article by utilizing a camera on an electronic computing device;

b) computing by a processor of the device the color identification codes of the main colors of the first article;

c) scanning an image of a second fashion article by utilizing the camera of the device;

d) computing by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the main colors of the second article;

e) computing a comparative value by the processor of the device the color identification codes of the first and second articles; and

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f) displaying the comparative value on the device, wherein the value indicates a degree of color matching between the first and second article.

20. The computer program product of claim 19 wherein the color identification codes are CMYK and/or Pantone identification codes.

21. A computer system for creating a coordinated ensemble, the system comprising:

a) one or more user'"'"'s electronic computing devices, having installed within memory thereon;

i) a color analysis module stored in memory of the electronic computing device and providing functionality to automatedly identify the matching colors of the ensemble;

ii) a first processor;

b) a remote system server, having installed within memory thereon;

i) a color analysis module providing functionality to identify the matching colors of a user'"'"'s manually inputted main colors from the electronic computing device;

ii) a database comprising records of fashion articles'"'"' features and third parties'"'"' inventory of articles; and

iii) a webpage document generation module comprising one or more webpages in response to the user input;

iv) a second processor; and

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c) a network transmitting electronic communications between the users'"'"' electronic computing devices and the remote system server.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the color analysis module comprises computer code encoding instructions for the processors to:

a) scan an image of a fashion article by utilizing a camera on an electronic computing device;

b) compute by the processor of the electronic computing device the main colors of the article;

c) display the identity of the main colors overlaid on to an image of the article;

d) compute by the processor the matching colors to the main colors;

e) display the images of the matching colors overlaid with the name of the color; and

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f) wherein the fashion article is selected from the group consisting of pants, shirt, coats, dresses, jackets, sweaters, shoes, jewelry, pursues, and fashion accessories.

23. The computer system of claim 21 further comprising on the user'"'"'s electronic computing device,

a) ii) a QR module stored in memory of the electronic computing device and providing functionality to automatedly navigate to a webpage displaying features of a fashion article.

24. The computerized system of claim 23, wherein the QR module of displaying the webpage, comprises functionality for:

a) scanning a quick response (QR) code displayed on an article with an electronic computing device;

b) interpreting the URL encoded with the QR code by the processor of the electronic computing device;

c) navigating to the URL of a remote system server using the web-browser of the electronic computing device;

d) displaying by the remote system server the article'"'"'s features on the webpage encoded by the URL; and

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e) wherein the features are selected from the group consisting of;

care instructions, material composition, size, designer label, style, texture, and distinguishing characteristics.