User interface for product comparison
First Claim
1. A computing device comprising a memory and a processor to execute one or more programs stored on the memory for implementing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising:
- a first region for displaying a single product from a search result returning one or more products;
a second region for displaying a specification sheet of the product displayed in the first region, the specification sheet including a plurality of product characteristics specific to the product, each product characteristic being provided at a given location within the second region, at least one of the product characteristics in the second region being selectively activated and selectively ranked by the user as a search criterion, wherein each location represents a ranking of the associated product characteristic with respect to other product characteristics when the product characteristic is activated as a search criterion, and wherein the ranking of a selected product characteristic is changed by dragging the selected product characteristic and dropping it in a different location in the second region;
wherein upon detection of a change in the activation and/or ranking of a selected product characteristic in the second region, a search is performed using, as search criteria, all activated product characteristics and their associated ranking, wherein the products returned by the search are displayed in the first region one product at a given time.
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Abstract
A novel search interface embedded in the specification sheet of a product. By manipulating the specification sheet of the product the user may filter and refine the search results without having to type search queries and without having to return to the main search result page. The user may select one (or more) of the product characteristics listed in the specification sheet to activate as a search criterion. For example, if the user is viewing monitors and activates the LED backlight product characteristic as a search criterion, the search interface would perform a search to filter out plasma monitors, LCD monitors etc. The user may manipulate other data in the specification sheet including the priority of the activated product characteristics, the order in which the product characteristics are displayed in the specification sheet. The user may also set search filters for the parameters of the product characteristics.
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30 Claims
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1. A computing device comprising a memory and a processor to execute one or more programs stored on the memory for implementing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising:
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a first region for displaying a single product from a search result returning one or more products; a second region for displaying a specification sheet of the product displayed in the first region, the specification sheet including a plurality of product characteristics specific to the product, each product characteristic being provided at a given location within the second region, at least one of the product characteristics in the second region being selectively activated and selectively ranked by the user as a search criterion, wherein each location represents a ranking of the associated product characteristic with respect to other product characteristics when the product characteristic is activated as a search criterion, and wherein the ranking of a selected product characteristic is changed by dragging the selected product characteristic and dropping it in a different location in the second region; wherein upon detection of a change in the activation and/or ranking of a selected product characteristic in the second region, a search is performed using, as search criteria, all activated product characteristics and their associated ranking, wherein the products returned by the search are displayed in the first region one product at a given time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to implement a graphical user interface comprising:
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a first region for displaying a single product from a search result returning one or more products; a second region for displaying a specification sheet of the product displayed in the first region, the specification sheet including a plurality of product characteristics specific to the product, each product characteristic being provided at a given location within the second region, at least one of the product characteristics in the second region being selectively activated and selectively ranked by the user as a search criterion wherein each location represents a ranking of the associated product characteristic with respect to other product characteristics when the product characteristic is activated as a search criterion, wherein the ranking of a selected product characteristic is changed by dragging the selected product characteristic and dropping it in a different location in the second region; wherein upon detection of a change in the activation and/or ranking of a selected product characteristic in the second region, a search is performed using, as search criteria, all activated product characteristics and their associated ranking wherein the products returned by the search are displayed in the first region one product at a given time. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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16. A method for performing a search using a computing device, the method comprising:
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loading one or more search results representative of products, and a specification sheet for each product, the specification sheet comprising a plurality of product characteristics specific to one product; displaying a single product in a search result region on a display; displaying the specification sheet of the single product in a product characteristic region on the display, wherein each product characteristic is provided at a given location within the product characteristic region; and receiving a user input on the product characteristic region, the user input including one or more of;
activating, deactivating, and ranking one or more product characteristics as a search criterion;
wherein each location represents a ranking of the associated product characteristic with respect to other product characteristics when the product characteristic is activated as a search criterion, wherein changing a ranking of a selected product characteristic comprises dragging the selected product characteristic and dropping it in a different location in the product characteristic region;initiating a new search using, as search criteria, all activated product characteristics and their associated ranking in response to detection of a change in the activation and/or ranking of a selected product characteristic in the characteristic region; Displaying products returned by the new search in the search result region a single product at a given time. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computing device for performing product search comprising:
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a processor; a memory storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by the processor of the computing device, cause the computing device to; load one or more search results representative of products, and a specification sheet for each product, the specification sheet comprising a plurality of product characteristics for a single product; display the single product in a search result region on a display device; display the specification sheet of the single product in a product characteristic region on the display device, wherein each product characteristic is provided at a given location within the product characteristic region; receive a user input on the product characteristic region including one or more of;
activating, deactivating, and ranking one or more product characteristics as a search criterion wherein each location represents a ranking of the associated product characteristic with respect to other product characteristics when the product characteristic is activated as a search criterion, wherein detecting a change of ranking of a selected product characteristic comprises detecting a user input dragging the selected product characteristic and dropping it in a different location in the product characteristic region;initiate a new search using, as search criteria, the activated product characteristics in response to detection of a change in ranking of the selected product characteristics in the characteristic region; and display products returned by the new search in the search result region one product at a time. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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