Merging private images for gifting
First Claim
1. A method for previewing an article on a personal-body structure, comprising:
- providing a host site accessible to an on-line shopping PC operated by an on-line shopper and web-linking the on-line shopping PC to a plurality of article-provider sites, the article provider sites having images of commercial articles for view via the web;
linking the on-line shopping PC to the host site;
providing to the host site, from the on-line shopping PC, information for dressing a personal-body structure that is stored at the on-line shopping PC;
using the host site, linking the on-line shopping PC to a set of retailers including different article-provider sites and passing respective visual images of commercial articles from the set of article-provider sites to the host site for view at the on-line shopping PC by the on-line shopper;
at the on-line shopping PC, merging images of the commercial articles and the personal-body structure by forming a composite image including a visual representation of the commercial articles on the personal-body structure;
displaying the composite image.
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Abstract
An e-commerce method involving on-line viewing of commercial article through a linking node for virtual merging on another structure. The method includes providing a host site accessible to an on-line viewer (shopper) and web-linkable to a retailer having an apparel site. 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 shopper provides a personal-body structure, such as a photograph of a person captured in system memory, which is stored at the shopper'"'"'s PC. Alternatively, the personal-body structure can be stored at the host site. Using the host site, the shopper is linked to the retailer'"'"'s apparel site and images of articles are passed from that site to the host site. The images of articles are merged with the personal-body structure for view by the shopper.
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Citations
17 Claims
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1. A method for previewing an article on a personal-body structure, comprising:
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providing a host site accessible to an on-line shopping PC operated by an on-line shopper and web-linking the on-line shopping PC to a plurality of article-provider sites, the article provider sites having images of commercial articles for view via the web; linking the on-line shopping PC to the host site; providing to the host site, from the on-line shopping PC, information for dressing a personal-body structure that is stored at the on-line shopping PC; using the host site, linking the on-line shopping PC to a set of retailers including different article-provider sites and passing respective visual images of commercial articles from the set of article-provider sites to the host site for view at the on-line shopping PC by the on-line shopper; at the on-line shopping PC, merging images of the commercial articles and the personal-body structure by forming a composite image including a visual representation of the commercial articles on the personal-body structure; displaying the composite image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-based system for previewing an article on a personal-body structure, the article provided in response to a selection from articles provided by a set of retailers, comprising:
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an on-line shopping PC for operation by an on-line shopper, and a host site accessible to the on-line shopping PC and to web-link the on-line shopping PC to a plurality of article-provider sites, the article provider sites having images of commercial articles for view via the web, wherein the host site is adapted to link the on-line shopping PC to the host site; a data processing arrangement, including memory, at the on-line shopping PC for storing information representing a personal-body structure and for providing to the host site, from the on-line shopping PC, information for dressing the personal-body structure;
wherein the host site is used to link the on-line shopping PC to the set of retailers, including different article-provider sites, and to pass respective visual images of commercial articles from the set of article-provider sites to the host site for view at the on-line shopping PC by the on-line shopper;and wherein the on-line shopping PC is adapted to merge images of the commercial articles and the personal-body structure by forming a composite image including a visual representation of the commercial articles on the personal-body structure, and is adapted to display the composite image.
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