Considering selling exemplar-based goods, items, or services

• US 8,600,832 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2010
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pond, Rob
• Application Number:
  US12/799,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20100211477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,320 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/26.7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation

Abstract

One aspect relates to managing deliveries of at least one goods, items, and/or services that could be received by at least one customer, at least partially by recognizing an exemplar as corresponding to the at least one goods, items, and/or services. Another aspect relates to considering selling goods, items, and/or services from an exemplar merchant and/or store at least partially utilizing an exemplar item information as derived from a customer'"'"'s previous history, wherein at least some of the exemplar item information as derived from the customer'"'"'s previous history could be stored in certain embodiments of at least a portion of a shopping control mechanism. Yet another aspect relates to receiving an exemplar item information that can be used to recognize an exemplar as corresponding to an at least one goods, items, and/or services.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project;

at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project; and

at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one completed exemplar project.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one input component configured to receive from at least one mobile phone shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one input component configured to obtain shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one input component configured to receive at least one communication including at least shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project, the shopper input including one or more of the following types of information;

size, number, dimension, color, style, manufacturer, pattern, and/or option.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one of the following types of images of at least one exemplar project;

still and/or motion.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one input component configured to receive shopper input and at least one image of at least one of the following types of exemplar projects;

model, building, and/or structure.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some of the following types of materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project;

part, prefabrication, clothing, tool, device, and/or construction.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image, based at least partly on the shopper input, and based at least partly on one or more responses to one or more queries, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services necessary for the at least one exemplar project.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image, based at least partly on the shopper input, and based at least partly on shopper position information, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for completing at least one portion of the at least one exemplar project.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project comprises:

at least one processing component configured to (i) perform image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determine, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services available from two or more stores, vendors, sellers, and/or manufacturers, the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display comprises:

at least one output component configured to transmit information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display comprises:

at least one output component configured to communicate information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display comprises:

at least one output component configured to display information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display comprises:

at least one output component configured to output at least one of the following types of information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display;

offer, manufacturer, model identifier, delivery date, and/or price.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display comprises:

at least one output component configured to output offer information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display comprises:

at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display, which information facilitates one or more selections.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one output component configured to output information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display comprises:

at least one output component configured to output to at least one mobile phone information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display.

22. A system comprising:

means for receiving shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project;

means for (i) performing image recognition with respect to the at least one image and (ii) determining, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project; and

means for outputting information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display.

23. A system comprising:

at least one processing component; and

memory bearing one or more instructions for performing operations including at least;

receiving shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project;

performing image recognition with respect to the at least one image;

determining, based at least partly on the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image and based at least partly on the shopper input, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project; and

outputting information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display.

24. A method comprising:

receiving shopper input and at least one image of at least one exemplar project;

performing, using one or more processing components, image recognition with respect to the at least one image;

determining, using the one or more processing components and based at least partly on the shopper input and the image recognition performed with respect to the at least one image, at least one kit of at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services associated with the at least one exemplar project; and

outputting information associated with the at least some materials, goods, items, and/or services for display.