Matching the fit of individual garments to individual consumers

• US 7,398,133 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2006
• Issued: 07/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mipso
• Original Assignee: MyShape, Inc.
• Inventors: Lambert, James P., Wannier, Louise J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Welch; Gary L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Durham; Nathan E
• Application Number:
  US11/412,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20060287877A1
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 700/130, 700/131, 700/132, 700/135, 705/1, 705/26, 707/3, 707/4, 707/6, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 700/132
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A method and system for specifying the fit of garments and matching the fit of individual garments to individual consumers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes categorizing human body shapes based on dimensional and demographic body measurement data sampled from the human population, and statistically analyzing the measurement data to determine the appropriate number of discrete body shapes, as well as the range of measurement values characteristic of each body shape. The method includes assigning to each body shape a shape code, which is a unique name and/or symbol and/or curve representing that shape. In one embodiment, a recommendation engine is employed to specify and match the fit of individual garments to individual consumers.

Claims

1. A method of specifying a garment'"'"'s fit, the method comprising:

receiving dimensions for a garment;

receiving garment profile data that identifies a style or manufacturer of the garment;

determining a first garment categorization based on the garment'"'"'s dimensions and the garment'"'"'s profile data by categorizing the garments according to differences between body measurement data and the garment'"'"'s dimensions according to predefined dimension variations; and

comparing the first garment categorization to at least one consumer categorized with a second garment categorization to determine if there is a match.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the garment'"'"'s profile data comprises data describing the garment.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data describing the garment comprises at least one clothing fit tolerance, or clothing designer tolerance, or color tolerance, or clothing style tolerance, or clothing material tolerance, or use tolerance, or country of garment origin, or garment care, or garment brand.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the garment'"'"'s dimensions are based on computer design coordinates.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the coordinates comprise three-dimensional coordinates that define one or more curves of a garment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing comprises filtering the first garment categorizations and the second garment categorizations to determine a garment presentation priority.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first garment categorization comprises at least one body fit code associated with at least one consumer body shape.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second garment categorization comprises a body fit code associated with the consumer.

9. A method of presenting a consumer with garments that fit the consumer'"'"'s body, the method comprising:

categorizing a plurality of human body shapes into a plurality of different body categories generated from a plurality of body dimensions and a plurality of consumer garment preferences;

categorizing a plurality of garments into a plurality of garment categories generated from dimensions of the garments and a plurality of garment profiles by comparing the garments dimensions to the plurality of body dimensions to determine one or more body fit categories that the plurality of garments belong to; and

identifying the garment categories that are within a tolerance range of respective body categories.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein categorizing the plurality of human body shapes comprises providing the tolerance range for each of the body categories.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting a consumer with garments that fit their body, or their preferences, or their body shape.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the body categories comprise a plurality of different body fit codes.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the garment categories comprise a plurality of different body fit codes.