Enhancing Touch and Feel on the Internet
AssigneeIllinois Computer Research, LLC
InventorScott Harris
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Abstract
A system for enabling touch and feel over the internet provides a three-dimensional representation of a good being sold, that three-dimensional representation being viewable from a number of different directions. In one embodiment, the good being sold is in a package and the package is displayed from the number of different directions. Another embodiment has the good being a book, and the inside and outside covers of the book are displayed and specified pages of the book can be displayed. The user can read from either the label or the covers just like as if the were actually handling the good.
Claims24
A method of displaying a simulated three-dimensional image, comprising:
- first, obtaining a simulated three-dimensional representation of an object, which represents the object from multiple points of view, each of said multiple points of view being formed from a discrete image of the object;
- sending a first of said discrete images over a network to a client over the network, in a form that allows displaying said discrete image on said client;
- detecting a request for a different view from said client over the network;
- and
- displaying said different view.
A method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of images representing information about contents of a book, at least some of said images including readable information;
- detecting a request for specific book information from a client, over a network;
- determining a previous number of requests from said client about said book;
- and
- sending said information to said client.
An apparatus comprising:
- a client computer, connected to a network, said client computer operating to display a first image indicative of a reduced resolution version of an image to be displayed, and a second image indicative of an increased resolution version of information to be displayed, said second image comprising three-dimensional information, and
- a process, running in said client computer, which first displays said first information, and second loads said second information while said first information is being loaded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.