Methods and systems for online shopping

• US 8,438,081 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2009
• Issued: 05/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Retail Royalty Company (American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Retail Royalty Company (American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gray, Beau, Savitt, Katherine Jassy
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosen, Nicholas D
• Application Number:
  US12/575,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20100094729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,308 Days
• Field of Search: 705/27.1, 705/27.2, 705/26.1, 705/26.7, 705/26.8
• US Class Current: 705/27.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

Systems, methods, or media is directed to managing an outfit over a network. A navigation of an electronic media source is provided with a virtual closet widget representative of outfit data for display on at least one device. An activation component is provided within the virtual closet widget to configure a panel. The panel provides a selectable catalog of items that are configured to be added into the outfit data. In response to adding an item, a visual indication of the item on the virtual closet widget is provided, wherein the item comprises at least one unset attribute for setting through the virtual closet.

Claims

1. A method for managing an outfit over a network comprising:

providing, over the network, a navigation of an electronic media source while simultaneously providing, over the network, a virtual closet widget representative of outfit data for display on at least one device;

providing an activation component within the virtual closet widget to configure a panel for providing a selectable catalog of items that are configured to be added into the outfit data;

in response to adding an item, providing a visual indication of the item on the virtual closet widget, wherein the item comprises at least one unset attribute for setting through the virtual closet; and

wherein adding the item comprises receiving network data comprising a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) representative of the item and a configuration of the item within the outfit, wherein the URI is received from an electronic media source other than an electronic media source displaying the virtual closet widget, and wherein the URI is provided in the electronic media source as a link attached to a multimedia item representative of the item or outfit.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a configuration component within the virtual closet for configuring the unset attribute of the item, if the item is marked as available within the catalog.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the items within the virtual closet comprise at least one purchased item, at least one unpurchased item from the catalog, or at least one unpurchasable item.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a drag-and-drop of the item from a plurality of portions of the electronic media source.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

embedding the virtual closet within a webpage of a first web domain; and

relaying commands for managing the virtual closet between the first web domain and a second web domain.

6. A system for managing an outfit over a network comprising:

one or more computers configured to provide;

a closet datastore comprising outfit data representative of at least one outfit; and

a virtual closet manager configured to perform actions comprising;

providing at least one virtual closet widget representative of the outfit data for display on at least one network device;

adding an item configurable within the outfit data to cause a visual indication of the adding to appear on the virtual closet widget;

wherein adding the item further comprises;

receiving network data comprising a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) representative of the item and a configuration of the item within the at least one outfit, wherein the URI is received from an electronic media source other than the electronic media source displaying the at least one virtual closet widget, and wherein the URI is provided in the electronic media source as a link attached to a multimedia item representative of the item or outfit.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the actions further comprise:

providing, over the network, a navigation of an electronic media source while simultaneously providing at least one virtual closet widget, wherein the item is added from the electronic media source.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the electronic media source comprises a webpage, and wherein the webpage comprises:

a catalog mode wherein a region is displayed where one or more shoppers can browse catalog items and select to take different actions with respect to the catalog items including adding at least one catalog item to a closet, an outfit canvas, or a shopping basket to finalize, a purchase;

a closet mode wherein shoppers can add items from the catalog indicating a state of added interest while staying in a website and wherein each shopper can add at least one item from the closet to the shopping basket to finalize a purchase or remove at least one item from the closet;

an outfit canvas mode wherein individual shoppers can try out visual combinations and arrangements of items to coordinate and evaluate and wherein two or more items can he resized or moved on the canvas to allow each shopper to assemble various arrangements or combinations to aid in the evaluation of the items and further wherein each shopper can name and save an outfit comprising multiple items to be held in the closet; and

a shopping basket mode wherein a shopper can add items to a basket that the shopper has decided to purchase at checkout.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the actions further comprise:

personalizing an outfit based on style information about a user'"'"'s clothing preferences.

10. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a clothing item catalog of purchasable clothing items configured to provide a drill-down of a plurality of clothing items through a visual indication of the clothing item within the at least one virtual closet widget.

11. A processor readable medium for managing an outfit, the processor readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform actions comprising:

providing an interface for managing a user'"'"'s virtual closet comprising the outfit;

receiving an item to be configured into the outfit; and

providing the outfit configured with the item in response to a request for the outfit;

wherein receiving the item includes receiving network data comprising a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) representative of the item and a configuration of the item within the outfit, wherein the URI is received from an electronic media source other than an electronic media source displaying at least one virtual closet widget, and wherein the URI is provided in the electronic media source as a link attached to a multimedia item representative of the item or outfit.

12. The processor readable medium of claim 11, wherein the item is received as an image captured on a mobile device.

13. The processor readable medium of claim 11, wherein the item is received from a first member of a social network and the outfit is provided to a second member of the social network, and wherein the actions further comprise:

limiting an access of the outfit to a friend of an owner of the outfit within the social network.

14. The processor readable medium of claim 11, wherein the actions further comprise:

embedding a widget version of the interface within a webpage of a first web domain; and

relaying commands for managing the virtual closet between the first web domain and a second web domain, wherein relaying comprises enabling cross-domain communication within a browser.

15. The processor readable medium of claim 11, wherein the actions further comprise:

sharing the outfit by sending a message using a mobile device and posting to an external third-party webpage.

16. The processor readable medium of claim 11, wherein the actions further comprise:

inspecting the item using a touch input.

17. The processor readable medium of claim 11, wherein the actions further comprise providing a slideshow view for browsing a current selection item within a category of clothing while simultaneously displaying items before the current selection item and items after the current selection item within an ordering of items within the catalog, wherein the current selection item appears at the same scale as other items within the outfit.

18. A processor readable medium for managing an outfit over a network comprising instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform actions comprising:

providing a virtual closet widget;

providing an activation component within the virtual closet widget to provide a selectable catalog of items that are configured to be added into the virtual closet widget; and

providing a slideshow view for browsing a current selection item within a category of clothing while simultaneously displaying items before the current selection item and items after the current selection item within an ordering of items within the catalog, wherein the current selection item appears at the same scale as other items within the outfit.

19. The processor readable medium of claim 18, wherein the actions further comprise:

receiving a request to copy at least one item from a member'"'"'s virtual closet into a virtual closet of another member.