Enhancing touch and feel on the internet
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying, on a terminal that is connected to a remote information server, a simulated three-dimensional representation of a good to be sold, wherein said simulated three-dimensional representation includes a plurality of different discrete representations representing a plurality of different views of the good;
controlling a direction of viewing the good from multiple different directions, at least one of said directions including readable information, and wherein said displaying operates with sufficient resolution to enable reading the information from the good;
said controlling using direction of view controls on said terminal, that control a direction of viewing the good from multiple different directions;
said displaying comprising, at a first time, using said direction of view controls to load a first set N of discrete representations from a remote server and to display said first set N of discrete representations as said simulated three dimensional representation; and
at a second time, using said direction of view controls to load a second set M of discrete representations from a remote server and to display said second set M of discrete representations as said simulated three dimensional representation, where a number of said discrete representations in said first set N is greater than a number of said discrete representations M in said second set,and wherein at said second time, not all of said discrete representations in said first set N are capable of being displayed on said terminal.
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Abstract
A system for enabling touch and feel over the internet provides a three-dimensional representation of a good being sold, that three-dimensional representation being viewable from a number of different directions. In one embodiment, the good being sold is in a package and the package is displayed from the number of different directions. Another embodiment has the good being a book, and the inside and outside covers of the book are displayed and specified pages of the book can be displayed. The user can read from either the label or the covers just like as if the were actually handling the good.
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying, on a terminal that is connected to a remote information server, a simulated three-dimensional representation of a good to be sold, wherein said simulated three-dimensional representation includes a plurality of different discrete representations representing a plurality of different views of the good; controlling a direction of viewing the good from multiple different directions, at least one of said directions including readable information, and wherein said displaying operates with sufficient resolution to enable reading the information from the good; said controlling using direction of view controls on said terminal, that control a direction of viewing the good from multiple different directions; said displaying comprising, at a first time, using said direction of view controls to load a first set N of discrete representations from a remote server and to display said first set N of discrete representations as said simulated three dimensional representation; and at a second time, using said direction of view controls to load a second set M of discrete representations from a remote server and to display said second set M of discrete representations as said simulated three dimensional representation, where a number of said discrete representations in said first set N is greater than a number of said discrete representations M in said second set, and wherein at said second time, not all of said discrete representations in said first set N are capable of being displayed on said terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a terminal that is connected to a remote information server, said terminal displaying a simulated three-dimensional representation of a good to be sold, wherein said simulated three-dimensional representation includes a plurality of different discrete representations representing a plurality of different views of the good; said terminal including direction of view controls that control a direction of viewing the good from multiple different directions, at least one of said directions including readable information, and wherein said displaying operates with sufficient resolution to enable reading the readable information from the good, and said direction of view controls enable, at a first time, displaying a first set N of discrete representations, and at a second time, displaying a second set M of discrete representations, where a number of said discrete representations in said first set N is greater than a number of said discrete representations M in said second set, and wherein at said second time, not all of said discrete representations in said first set N are capable of being displayed on said terminal, said simulated three dimensional representation loaded based on an operation of said direction of view controls, to load said first set N of discrete representations as said simulated three dimensional representation. from said remote information server at said first time, and load said second set M of discrete representations as said simulated three dimensional representation from said remote information server at said second time. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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