Virtual catalog and product presentation method and apparatus
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1. A method for providing product information related to a plurality of products from a vendor'"'"'s computer to a remote computer including a display and an input device for review by a user, the method comprising:
- storing product data including image data and textual data related to a plurality of products in a memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer;
providing product data including image data and textual data related to a plurality of products from the memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer for display on the display of the remote computer;
receiving at least one user input from the remote computer selecting at least two products associated with the image data and textual data related to the plurality of products displayed on the display of the remote computer for a comparison of the at least two products on the display of the remote computer;
providing updated product data associated with the at least two selected products from the memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer if the product data previously provided to the remote computer is different from the updated product data, the updated product data being associated with the at least two selected products; and
providing display instructions from the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer, the display instructions providing instructions operative to cause the remote computer to display image data and textual data related to the at least two selected products from at least one of the product data and the updated product data received from the vendor'"'"'s computer as a side-by-side comparison on the display of the remote computer.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method is disclosed for the comparison of a plurality of selected products on the display of a remote computer. In one example, a product image of each of the selected products is combined with a background image for presentation on the display of the remote computer.
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1. A method for providing product information related to a plurality of products from a vendor'"'"'s computer to a remote computer including a display and an input device for review by a user, the method comprising:
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storing product data including image data and textual data related to a plurality of products in a memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer; providing product data including image data and textual data related to a plurality of products from the memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer for display on the display of the remote computer; receiving at least one user input from the remote computer selecting at least two products associated with the image data and textual data related to the plurality of products displayed on the display of the remote computer for a comparison of the at least two products on the display of the remote computer; providing updated product data associated with the at least two selected products from the memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer if the product data previously provided to the remote computer is different from the updated product data, the updated product data being associated with the at least two selected products; and providing display instructions from the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer, the display instructions providing instructions operative to cause the remote computer to display image data and textual data related to the at least two selected products from at least one of the product data and the updated product data received from the vendor'"'"'s computer as a side-by-side comparison on the display of the remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for providing product information related to a plurality of products from a vendor'"'"'s computer to a remote computer through a communication link, the remote computer including a display and an input device for review by a user, the system comprising:
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a processor; at least one memory accessible by the processor; and a communication device which provides a connection to the communication link; wherein the at least one memory includes product data including image data and textual data related to a plurality of products; software executable by the processor for providing product data including image data and textual data related to a plurality of products from the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer for display on the display; software executable by the processor for receiving at least one user input from the remote computer selecting at least two products associated with the image data and textual data related to the plurality of products displayed on the display of the remote computer for comparison on the display of the remote computer; software executable by the processor for determining product data stored in the memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer that is associated with each of the at least two selected products; and software executable by the processor for providing display instructions from the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer to permit the remote computer to combine the image data and the textual data related to the at least two selected products from the product data received from the vendor'"'"'s computer to display both image data and textual data product information related to the at least two selected products for a side-by-side comparison on the display of the remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for providing product information related to a plurality of products from a vendor'"'"'s computer to a remote computer including a display and an input device for review by a user, the method comprising:
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storing product data including image data and textual data related to a plurality of products in a memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer; storing data related to a plurality of product categories in the memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer; providing data related to a plurality of product categories from the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer for display on the display of the remote computer as selection inputs for the plurality of product categories; receiving a user input selecting a selection input for a product category from the plurality of product categories displayed on the display of the remote computer; providing product data for a plurality of products related to the selected product category from the memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer for display on the display of the remote computer in a product listing including image and textual data related to the plurality of products; receiving at least one user input from the remote computer selecting at least two products from the product listing displayed on the display of the remote computer for comparison on the display of the remote computer; providing updated product data associated with the at least two selected products from the memory of the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer if the product data previously provided to the remote computer is different from the updated product data and providing display instructions from the vendor'"'"'s computer to the remote computer, the display instructions providing instructions operative to cause the remote computer to display at least one of the product data and the updated product data received from the vendor'"'"'s computer as part of a side-by-side comparison wherein an image related to each selected product is displayed along with textual data related to each selected product on the display of the remote computer, the images of the selected products being positioned on the display of the remote computer in a horizontal row and the textual data being displayed below the horizontal row of images to facilitate review and comparison of the selected products by the user. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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