Aesthetic profile collection
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1. A method for selecting products that occurs over a networked computer system comprising:
- providing a plurality of images stored on a storage device, wherein each image has a grade associated with each aesthetic characteristic in a set of predetermined aesthetic characteristics;
sending a user a web page that has;
a plurality of test images selected from the plurality of images;
one or more questions that request the user'"'"'s preferences for the test images presented; and
receiving from a user a set of responses from the questions; and
based on the user'"'"'s responses, producing a profile of the user'"'"'s preferences for the aesthetic characteristics in the plurality of test images.
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Abstract
A system for selecting products is described. The system includes a computer executing a process to retrieve a product aesthetic tag associated with a particular product type selected by a customer. The aesthetic tag contains values that represent aesthetic features of the product and a process to form a result tag that contains a value corresponding to how well aesthetic features of the product match to aesthetic preferences of the customer.
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1. A method for selecting products that occurs over a networked computer system comprising:
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providing a plurality of images stored on a storage device, wherein each image has a grade associated with each aesthetic characteristic in a set of predetermined aesthetic characteristics; sending a user a web page that has; a plurality of test images selected from the plurality of images; one or more questions that request the user'"'"'s preferences for the test images presented; and receiving from a user a set of responses from the questions; and based on the user'"'"'s responses, producing a profile of the user'"'"'s preferences for the aesthetic characteristics in the plurality of test images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 33, 34, 35)
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9. A method executed on a computing device for producing an aesthetic profile tag for a user comprises:
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viewing, on a display associated with the computing device, set of test images selected from a plurality of images, wherein each of the plurality of images has a grade associated with a plurality of aesthetic characteristics that are expressed in the respective image; and entering, on a user input device associated with the computing device, preferences for the selected test images. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A computer program product for establishing a user profile of aesthetic preferences, said computer program product residing on a computer readable medium comprises instructions for causing a computer to:
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transmit to a user over a networked computer system a set of test images selected from a plurality of images, wherein each image has a grade associated with each aesthetic characteristic in a set of predetermined aesthetic characteristics; receive from a user responses for preferences for said aesthetic characteristics expressed in said set of test images, wherein the computer program product produces a graphical user interface that contains questions that elicit information from the user regarding the user'"'"'s preferences for aesthetic characteristics expressed in said set of images. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A system for selecting products, said system comprising:
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a computer; a storage device comprising a plurality of images, wherein each image has a grade associated with a plurality of aesthetic characteristics embodied in the image; a computer program product residing on a computer readable medium comprising instructions for causing the computer to; display one or more images selected from the plurality of test images; receive from a user responses for preferences for aesthetic characteristics embodied in the displayed images that correspond to aesthetic features of products, wherein the computer program product produces a graphical user interface that contains questions that illicit the information from the user.
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15. A method executed on a computing device for determining user aesthetic preferences, the method comprising:
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selecting a set of test images from a plurality of images to present to a user, wherein each of the plurality of test images has a grade associated with each aesthetic characteristic in a predetermined set of aesthetic characteristics; presenting said set of test images to a user, receiving input from the user indicating the user'"'"'s preferences for one or more aesthetic characteristics expressed in one or more of the images in the set of test images; and establishing with the computing device an aesthetic profile for the user based on the user'"'"'s input. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method executed on a computing device for determining a product profile of a product, the method comprising the steps of:
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viewing a product; grading each aesthetic characteristic in a set of predetermined aesthetic characteristics of the product on a scale to produce a grade; and storing on a storage device in communication with said computer device the grade in a field corresponding to the graded aesthetic characteristics within the product profile. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A computer-implemented method for selecting products that occurs over a networked computer system comprising:
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retrieving a first user'"'"'s profile, wherein the first user'"'"'s profile comprises one or more tags which correspond to the first user'"'"'s preferences for one or more aesthetic characteristics of products; retrieving a second, different user'"'"'s profile, wherein the second user'"'"'s profile comprises one or more tags which correspond to the second user'"'"'s preferences for one or more aesthetic characteristics of products; and combining the first and second users'"'"' profile to create a composite profile of the first and second user. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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