US 10,380,674 B2Granted

Electronic palette system

AssigneeMomentum Textiles, LLC

InventorsGerald Thomas Freeman, Tamara Davis

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Abstract

The present embodiments provide a system for generating design palettes over a network. In one embodiment, the system comprises a database configured to store design product data corresponding to one or more design features of a plurality of design products. A user interface is configured to allow submission of information specifying one or more requested design features. An e-palette server is in operative communication with the database and the user interface. The e-palette server is configured to receive the requested design features and to generate a subset of the design products. Each design product in the subset of the design products shares at least one design feature in common with the requested design features. An e-palette generator is configured to generate a design palette including at least one design product from the subset of design products and to send the design palette to the user interface for display.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A system for generating a design palette over a network, the system comprising:

a database storing design product data for a plurality of design products, the design product data including manufacturer contact information for each of the plurality of design products;
a processor;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the system, cause the system to:
receive, from a user device, a selection of a subset of the design products for a first design project, wherein the subset of the design products is associated with a plurality of manufacturers;
generate a design palette including the subset of design products;
receive, from the user device, a request to order physical samples of the subset of design products;
retrieve, from the database, the manufacturing contact information for each design product in the subset of the design products;
and
transmit, to each manufacturer in the plurality of manufacturers using the manufacturing contact information for each design product in the subset of the design products, a request for physical samples corresponding to the selection of the subset of the design products,
wherein the request to each manufacturer is transmitted in response to the request from the user device, and
wherein the request to each manufacturer comprises an identifier of a design product associated with the manufacturer in the subset of design products and a shipping address for the manufacturer to ship the design product.

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A method for generating a design palette over a network, the method comprising:

storing design product data related to a plurality of categories of at least one of commercial or residential products from a plurality of manufacturers, the design product data including manufacturer contact information for the at least one of commercial or residential products;
receiving a user selection of a first design product from a first category of at least one of commercial or residential products and a second user selection of a second design product from a second category of at least one of commercial or residential products;
generating a graphical representation of a design palette containing the first and second design products for display on a user interface;
receiving a request for a first physical sample of the first design product and a second physical sample of the second design product;
transmitting, to a first manufacturer of the first design product based on the manufacturer contact information, an order for the first physical sample of the first design product, wherein the order for the first physical sample comprises an identifier for the first physical sample and a shipping address for the first manufacturer to ship the first physical sample;
and
transmitting, to a second manufacturer of the second design product based on the manufacturer contact information, an order for the second physical sample of the second design product, wherein the order for the second physical sample comprises an identifier for the second physical sample and a shipping address for the second manufacturer to ship the second physical sample.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/952,512Filed 25 Nov 2015 · continuation
Priority: 22 May 2012
Published: US 2016/0162983 A19 Jun 2016
Granted: 13 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06Q 30/0643
Utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping: graphically representing goods, e.g. 3D product representation
G06F 3/0484
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or…
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 16/00
Information retrieval

Family

Application61/688,752Us provisional application · filed 22 May 2012
Application13/894,852Parent of this continuation · filed 15 May 2013
US 2016/0162983 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Jun 2016
US 9,229,621 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0108942 A1Published application
US 10,380,674 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.