Methods, systems and devices for user profile-based viewable images and for merging of the images

• US 9,990,672 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2009
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Giannini, Robert, Crawford, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kazimi, Hani M
• Application Number:
  US12/568,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017271A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,172 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261, 705 271
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0229 Multi-merchant loyalty card systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0253 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0254 based on statistics
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• 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 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

An e-commerce method involves on-line viewing of a first article through a linking node for virtual merging on another structure. A particular application of the invention is directed to on-line apparel shopping involving a color matching scheme using color codes provided with images to be merged. For example, on-line viewing of one article, such as clothing, on another structure, includes creating an item from image-data corresponding to a colored article selected by an on-line viewer from an on-line viewer site with an image of a colored structure selected by the on-line viewer, and indicating whether the colored article and the colored structure satisfy a color-matching criterion.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

a tangible computer readable medium storing programming instructions that when executed by the computer system perform operations, comprising;

providing logon information to on-line viewers as part of a registration process;

providing, to the on-line viewers, image data of a plurality of articles from different seller websites;

receiving, from each of the on-line viewers, selection input that identifies one or more of the articles;

in response to the selection input,

accessing article image data for the identified one or more articles;

accessing structure image data for a structure;

for each on-line viewer, storing the article image data for the identified one or more articles in a virtual closet for access by the each on-line viewer and allocating a limited amount of storage in the virtual closet for the each on-line viewer;

merging the at least one of the identified one or more articles with the structure to generate a merged image of the at least one article and the structure;

providing the merged image to an on-line viewer;

for each on-line viewer, establishing a list of favorite retailers;

in response to a subsequent logon by the on-line viewer, retrieving the list of favorite retailers; and

providing, to the on-line viewer, the list of favorite retailers that includes links to websites of the favorite retailers.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the computer system, further perform an operation, including:

in response to the subsequent logon by the on-line viewer, retrieving the identified one or more articles from the virtual closet.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the computer system, further perform operations, including:

linking to the websites of the favorite retailers that were provided to the on-line viewer;

receiving, from the websites of the favorite retailers, image data for articles selected by the on-line viewer; and

storing the received image data in the virtual closet.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the computer system, further perform operations, including:

linking to the websites of the favorite retailers that were provided to the on-line viewer;

receiving, from the websites of the favorite retailers, selection data indicating user selection of articles offered for sale by the favorite retailers, the articles from at least two different websites;

placing the selected articles in a common basket; and

using the common basket to effect purchase of the selected articles.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the articles are clothing articles and the structure is at least part of a person.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the computer system, further perform operations, including:

adjusting at least one limited amount of storage for the on-line viewer in response to upgrading of a log-on account associated with the on-line viewer.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the computer system, further perform operations, including:

tracking purchases of on line viewers associated with a log-on account; and

providing demographic information, collected therefrom, to retailers.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the computer system, further perform an operation, including:

retrieving image data of articles offered for sale at the retailers while the on-line viewer remains at a website provided by the computer system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions, when executed by the computer system, further perform an operation, including:

providing a feedback icon to the on-line viewers; and

defining the list of favorite retailers in response to selection of the feedback icon.