Furnishing selection system
AssigneeInter IKEA Systems B.V.
InventorAlexander Lobbato
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Abstract
A furnishing selection system provides a furniture layout design application to generate a virtual room with selected furnishings. Information can then be transferred from the furniture layout design application to a personal device. A machine-readable code is generated, which can be scanned by the personal device to transfer the information. After the information is transferred a purchase is completed of one or more products from the selected furnishings.
Claims21
A kiosk system comprising:
- a kiosk housing;
- a display device coupled to the kiosk housing and visible from outside of the kiosk housing;
- and
- a computing device contained in the kiosk housing and including a memory storage device, the memory storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:
- generate and display on the display device a graphical user interface for a furnishing selector application;
- receive, within the graphical user interface, an input from a user selecting a room from a list of rooms, the selected room including a predefined set of furnishings positioned in the selected room;
- receive, within the graphical user interface, inputs from the user selecting furnishings from a list of furnishings and positioning the selected furnishings in the selected room;
- generate a list of products identifying at least one furnishing from the predefined set of furnishings positioned in the selected room or at least one furnishing selected by the user from the list of furnishings;
- generate a machine-readable code encoding the generated list of products;
- and
- display the machine-readable code on the display device such that the machine-readable code is scannable by a camera of a user device to transfer the list of products to the user device from the kiosk system.
A method of transferring selected products from a kiosk, the method comprising:
- generating, by a kiosk computing device contained within the kiosk having a kiosk display device, and displaying, on the kiosk display device electronically connected to the kiosk computing device, a graphical user interface for a furnishing selector application;
- receiving, within the graphical user interface, an input from a user selecting a room from a list of rooms, the selected room including a predefined set of furnishings positioned in the selected room;
- receiving, within the graphical user interface, inputs from the user selecting furnishings from a list of furnishings and positioning the selected furnishings in the selected room;
- generating, by the kiosk computing device, a list of products identifying at least one furnishing from the predefined set of furnishings positioned in the selected room or at least one furnishings selected by the user from this list of furnishings;
- encoding, by the kiosk computing device, the generated list of products into a machine-readable code;
- and
- displaying, on the kiosk display device, the machine-readable code such that the machine-readable code is scannable by a camera of a user device to transfer the list of products to the user device from the kiosk.
A kiosk comprising:
- a kiosk housing;
- a display device coupled to the kiosk housing and visible from outside of the kiosk of the kiosk housing;
- and
- a computing device contained in the kiosk housing and including a memory storage device, the memory storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:
- generate and display on the display device a graphical user interface for a furniture selector application;
- receive, within the graphical user interface, inputs from a user selecting a room representing a scene, the scene including a predefined set of furnishings positioned in the selected room;
- receive, within the graphical user interface, inputs from the user selecting furnishings from a list of furnishings retrieved from a remote database storing information on furnishings available in a store associated with the kiosk and inputs positioning the selected furnishings in the selected room;
- display, within the graphical user interface, the scene including the predefined set of furnishings and the selected furnishings positioned in the selected room;
- receive, within the graphical user interface, inputs from the user editing characteristics of the furnishings selected by the user;
- receive, within the graphical user interface, inputs from the user editing lighting settings of the scene;
- update the displayed scene based on the edited characteristics of the furnishings and the edited lighting settings of the scene;
- in response to receiving an input selecting a furnishing included in the displayed scene, display, in an overlapping manner over a portion of the scene, information about the selected furnishing, the information including a name and a price of the selected furnishing;
- generate a list of products including the predefined set of furnishings and the selected furnishings positioned in the selected room;
- generate a machine-readable code encoding the generated list of products;
- and
- display the generated machine-readable code on the display device such that the machine-readable code is scannable by a camera of a user device to transfer the generated list of products to the user device,
- wherein the list of products and the displayed machine-readable code are updated as inputs from the user are received for editing characteristics of the furnishings selected by the user.
A method, the method comprising:
- generating, by a kiosk computing device contained within the kiosk having a kiosk display device, and displaying, on the kiosk display device electronically connected to the kiosk computing device, a graphical user interface for a furniture selector application;
- receiving, within the graphical user interface, inputs from a user selecting a room representing a scene, the scene including a predefined set of furnishings positioned in the selected room;
- receiving, within the graphical user interface, inputs from the user selecting furnishings from a list of furnishings retrieved from a remote database storing information on furnishings available in a store associated with the kiosk and inputs positioning the selected furnishings in the selected room;
- displaying, within the graphical user interface, the scene including the predefined set of furnishings and the selected furnishings positioned in the selected room;
- receiving, within the graphical user interface, inputs from the user editing characteristics of the furnishings selected by the user;
- receiving, within the graphical user interface, inputs from the user editing lighting settings of the scene;
- updating the displayed scene based on the edited characteristics of the furnishings and the edited lighting settings of the scene;
- in response to receiving an input selecting a furnishing included in the displayed scene, display, in an overlapping manner over a portion of the scene, information about the selected furnishing, the information including a name and a price of the selected furnishing;
- generating, by the kiosk computing device, a list of products including the predefined set of furnishings and the selected furnishings positioned in the selected room;
- generating, by the kiosk computing device, a machine-readable code encoding the generated list of products;
- and
- displaying, on the kiosk display device, the generated machine-readable code device such that the machine-readable code is scannable by a camera of a user device to transfer the generated list of products to the user device,
- wherein the list of products and the displayed machine-readable code are updated as inputs from the user are received for editing characteristics of the furnishings selected by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.