Method for electronic gifting using merging images
First Claim
1. A method for electronic gifting, comprising:
- providing a host-site accessible to an on-line giver and a recipient and web-linkable to at least one article-provider site, the article provider site having images of commercial articles for view via the web;
linking the on-line giver to the host-site and selecting a structure in response to a command received from the on-line giver;
using the host-site, linking the on-line giver to a set of retailers including different article-provider sites and passing at least one visual image of a commercial article from one of the article-provider sites to the host-site for view by the on-line giver;
merging images of the commercial article and the structure by forming a composite image including visual representations of both the structure and the commercial article;
electronically gifting the commercial article to the recipient;
in response to receiving notification of the electronically gifted commercial article, linking the recipient to the host-site; and
using the host-site tolink the recipient to the set of retailers and passing visual images from at least one of the retailers'"'"' article provider sites to the host-site for view by the recipient,electronically exchange the electronically gifted commercial article for at least one other article selected by the recipient, andelectronically bill the on-line giver for, and prompt shipment of, said at least one other article.
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Abstract
An e-commerce method involves on-line viewing of a first article through a linking node for virtual merging on another structure. A particular application of the invention is directed to a gifting method via on-line apparel shopping. The method includes providing a host-site accessible to an on-line viewer (customer) and web-linkable to a retailer having an apparel site. The retailer'"'"'s apparel site has images of articles stored in a virtual closet. These articles can be apparel from retail stores for viewing over the web, and the on-line viewer is linked to the host-site. The consumer selects a structure, such as a photograph of a person captured in system memory, in response to a command received by the on-line viewer. Using the host-site, the viewer or customer is linked to the retailer'"'"'s apparel site and images are passed from that site for view by the shopper. An email image is sent as a gift to a recipient (with the recipient modeling the selected apparel) and the recipient selects or shops for different apparel to try on. Once selected, the giver is billed for the transaction.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for electronic gifting, comprising:
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providing a host-site accessible to an on-line giver and a recipient and web-linkable to at least one article-provider site, the article provider site having images of commercial articles for view via the web; linking the on-line giver to the host-site and selecting a structure in response to a command received from the on-line giver; using the host-site, linking the on-line giver to a set of retailers including different article-provider sites and passing at least one visual image of a commercial article from one of the article-provider sites to the host-site for view by the on-line giver; merging images of the commercial article and the structure by forming a composite image including visual representations of both the structure and the commercial article; electronically gifting the commercial article to the recipient; in response to receiving notification of the electronically gifted commercial article, linking the recipient to the host-site; and using the host-site to link the recipient to the set of retailers and passing visual images from at least one of the retailers'"'"' article provider sites to the host-site for view by the recipient, electronically exchange the electronically gifted commercial article for at least one other article selected by the recipient, and electronically bill the on-line giver for, and prompt shipment of, said at least one other article. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for electronic gifting, comprising:
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providing a host-site accessible to an on-line giver and a recipient and web-linkable to at least one article-provider site, the article provider site having images of commercial articles for view via the web; linking the on-line giver to the host-site and selecting a structure in response to a command received from the on-line giver; and using the host-site to link the on-line giver to a set of retailers including different article-provider sites and passing at least one visual image of a commercial article from one of the article-provider sites to the host-site for view by the on-line giver, merge images of the commercial article and the structure by forming a composite image including visual representations of both the structure and the commercial article, electronically gift the commercial article to the recipient, electronically exchange the commercial article for at least one other article selected by the recipient from a different one of the retailers'"'"' article-provider sites, and in response to exchanging the electronically gifted commercial article, electronically bill the on-line giver for, and prompt shipment of, said other article.
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