User interface using tagged media, 3D indexed virtual reality images, and global positioning system locations, for electronic commerce

• US 10,861,083 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2015
• Issued: 12/08/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Imagine Universe Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Imagine Universe Incorporated
• Inventors: Davi, Gary, Madison, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Allen, William J
• Application Number:
  US15/322,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20170148090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,992 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

A user interface operated via at least one consumer computing device, a database, and at least one host computer processor, provide an electronic commerce (eCommerce) environment for secured transactions between consumer and vendor members subscribed to the environment. Digital product images are scaled into digital images of environments of intended use for virtual reality observation. Tags to product representations or other features of media performance transmissions are scanned by consumer members for product purchasing, saving for later purchase, and/or sharing with other consumers (e.g. via social networks). Consumers create their own consumer product store with an inventory of items saved within the environment database for later purchasing or sharing. Original vendors initially providing items saved by consumers are rewarded commissions if later purchased from other vendors. Sharing saved items between consumers is also rewarded and provides an efficient B2C2C sCommerce environment and marketplace centered on products and driven by consumers.

Claims

1. A method for creating, managing, and conducting transactions through, a consumer-controlled electronic product store, comprising:

providing an eCommerce environment comprising a database system, a user interface system comprising a consumer interface operable at least in part by at least one consumer computing device to receive user inputs from and provide information to the consumer, and at least one computer processor;

operating the at least one computer processor to process a set of instructions to;

receive at least one subscription input from the consumer via the consumer interface to subscribe as a consumer member of the environment by creating a consumer member account with a corresponding consumer ID and one or more respective consumer member records within the database system, and such that the consumer member may log off-line out from and then log on-line back into the environment via the consumer interface;

provide a readable storage in the database system for the consumer to store an inventory of saved item records under the consumer member account as a consumer product store controlled by the consumer;

in response to item save inputs from the consumer member via the consumer interface, store item records, which comprise item identification (ID) information tagged to correspond with and identify respective items for potential purchase, in the consumer product store under the respective consumer member'"'"'s account;

maintain the consumer member'"'"'s inventory in the consumer product store while the consumer is logged off-line from the environment, such that the saved item records are thereafter recallable by the consumer member from the inventory at a later on-line access event and time;

in response to a transaction input for a saved item record, conduct a transaction for the respective item;

provide at least one vendor access to review the consumer product store;

receive an offer input from a respective said vendor offering a corresponding set of vendor terms for selling an item associated with a saved item record in the consumer product store;

notify the consumer member of the offered vendor terms; and

conduct at least one of;

(a) in response to a counter input from the consumer member comprising a set of counter terms offered by the consumer member back to the vendor, notify the respective vendor of the counter terms for a vendor acceptance, rejection, or further counter-offer;

or (b) in response to a purchase input from the consumer member corresponding with the offered vendor terms, conduct the purchase transaction for the item between the consumer member and the respective vendor according to the vendor terms; and

receive the offer input from the respective said vendor when an elapsed time or distance meets a threshold criteria;

and wherein the method further comprises;

monitoring a changing location of the consumer member over time;

calculating a distance between the consumer member location and the location of the at least one vendor; and

providing the access for the at least one vendor to review the consumer provider store, and also with an opportunity to provide the offer input with the offered vendor terms, when the distance is below a threshold criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the item ID information comprises product ID information that comprises at least one of a quick response (QR) code, general specifications (GS1) code, or universal product code (UPC).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the transaction input comprises a share input from the consumer member; and

the transaction comprises sharing the item record with another consumer member or via a social network.