Selection interface system
First Claim
1. An Internet website selection system, comprising:
- a webserver for connection to the Internet and providing for interactive product pages, wherein the product pages are associated with wire mesh products;
a graphic user interface (GUI) based on a first available product page of said interactive product pages;
a product picture included in the GUI and representing a current product selection associated with said first available product page; and
at least one circular selector, linked to a selectable characteristic, included in the GUI that permits an Internet-client user to hyperlink to other available product pages that are different from said first available product page;
said at least one circular selector from a plurality of parameter selection dials having a central region defined therein, an image window located within the central region, and means for displaying within the image window any of said interactive product pages.
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Abstract
A user selection interface system comprises one or more circular selectors linked to selectable characteristics, and a display linked to the selectors, for display of an image which corresponds to the selected characteristics. The interface is typically linked to a database comprising stored image and other information which corresponds to the selectable characteristics, whereby an image that corresponds to an item which meets a selected characteristic is retrieved and displayed. Information other than the image which corresponds to the selectable characteristics may also be retrieved and displayed. In some embodiments, the stored images comprise a single image, which matches all the selected characteristics. In alternate embodiments, the displayed image comprises a composite image that is based upon stored images which correspond to different selected characteristics. In some embodiments, the user selection interface comprises a graphic user interface. In alternate embodiments, the user selection interface comprises a mechanical interface. Some preferred embodiments of the user selection interface provide links for merchandising functions, such as for ordering, purchasing, inventories, and/or shipping.
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26 Claims
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1. An Internet website selection system, comprising:
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a webserver for connection to the Internet and providing for interactive product pages, wherein the product pages are associated with wire mesh products; a graphic user interface (GUI) based on a first available product page of said interactive product pages; a product picture included in the GUI and representing a current product selection associated with said first available product page; and at least one circular selector, linked to a selectable characteristic, included in the GUI that permits an Internet-client user to hyperlink to other available product pages that are different from said first available product page; said at least one circular selector from a plurality of parameter selection dials having a central region defined therein, an image window located within the central region, and means for displaying within the image window any of said interactive product pages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An Internet website selection interface system, comprising:
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at least one circular dial, from a plurality of parameter selection dials, having a plurality of selection positions, the dial having a central region defined therein; an image window located within the central region; an image displayable within the image window to correspond to a first selection position of said plurality of selection positions corresponding to a first selectable item; and a link across an Internet connection for providing interactive wire mesh product pages, said link to navigate to an image which correponds to a second selection position of said plurality of selection positions and a second selectable item; wherein the selectable items comprise wire mesh products. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An Internet website selection interface system, comprising:
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a database comprising a stored image of a wire mesh product and information which corresponds to one or more selectable characteristics; one or more circular selectors, from a plurality of parameter selection dials, linked by a connection to the Internet to the selectable characteristics, said circular selectors having a central region defined therein; and an image window located within the central region linked to the selectors, for display of an image which corresponds to the selected characteristics; whereby the image that corresponds to a selected characteristic is retrievably displayable on the image window. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A user interface for wire mesh item selection within a plurality of available wire mesh items implemented on a network, the available wire mesh items having at least one selectable property, comprising:
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a circular dial mechanism comprising at least one wire mesh item selection category from a plurality of parameter selection dials and based upon the selectable properties; an item description page, having an image of one of the available wire mesh items having a first selectable property value locatable within the wire mesh item selection category; an alternate item description page having an image of an alternate available wire mesh item comprising a selectable property value within the wire mesh item selection category which is different than the first selectable property value; and a link within the network between the item description page and the alternate description page corresponding to client user selection of the selectable property value within the circular dial mechanism.
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