Providing electronic access to consumer-customized nonverbal information regarding products and services
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1. A method comprising:
- capturing an image of merchandise as physically arranged at a merchant'"'"'s physical premises by a consumer;
enabling a remote device to access a merchant system via a network, the merchant system having one or more captured images; and
transmitting at least one captured image from the merchant system to the remote device over the network.
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Abstract
Generic information provided by printed and online catalogs may be supplemented or replaced by information that is customized for and/or related to the consumer, enabling a third party to more fully understand the purchase decision and thus offer more informed feedback. A party accessing a merchant system may be provided electronic access to consumer customized nonverbal information by, e.g., collecting an electronic version of consumer-customized nonverbal information at a merchant site, and displaying the electronic version of the consumer-customized nonverbal information for a party accessing the merchant system.
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40 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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capturing an image of merchandise as physically arranged at a merchant'"'"'s physical premises by a consumer; enabling a remote device to access a merchant system via a network, the merchant system having one or more captured images; and transmitting at least one captured image from the merchant system to the remote device over the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a collecting device to collect, at a merchant'"'"'s physical premises, an electronic version of consumer-customized nonverbal information; a transmitting device to transmit the electronic version of the consumer-customized nonverbal information to a remote site for viewing by a party; and a receiving device to receive feedback at the merchant'"'"'s physical premises from the party regarding the electronic version of the consumer-customized nonverbal information transmitted to the remote site for viewing by the party. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a computing device, perform the operations comprising:
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collecting, by the computing device, at a merchant'"'"'s physical premises, an electronic version of consumer-customized nonverbal information related to merchandise as arranged according to a consumer; outputting, by the computing device, a user interface to enable display of the electronic version of the consumer-customized nonverbal information at a remote device; and receiving, by the computing device, feedback input at the remote device regarding the electronic version of the consumer-customized nonverbal information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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storing on a merchant system one or more images of merchandise as arranged according to a consumer; communicating a notification of the one or more stored images to a remote party over a network, the notification including a link selectable to navigate a remote device to the one or more images of the merchandise; and receiving feedback input by the remote party via the remote device regarding purchase of the merchandise responsive to the notification. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; memory coupled to the processor; and one or more computer-readable instructions stored in the memory that, if executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform the operations comprising; output, by the computing device, one or more images of merchandise as arranged according to a consumer to a remote device over a network; receive, by the computing device, feedback input via the remote device regarding purchase of the merchandise responsive to output of the one or more images; and based at least in part on the feedback, automatically complete, by the computing device, a transaction to purchase the merchandise. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method comprising:
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streaming, by a computer-based system for providing access to products and services, one or more images of merchandise as arranged at a merchant'"'"'s physical premises according to a consumer to a device identified by the consumer over a network; receiving, by the computer-based system, feedback input via the device regarding purchase of the merchandise responsive to streaming the one or more images; and outputting, by the computer-based system, the feedback to the consumer to assist the consumer in determining whether to purchase the merchandise. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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