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US 2016/0239884 A1Published application
Interactive Collection Book for Mobile Devices
AssigneeCentric Software, Inc.
InventorsHumberto Roa, Chris Groves, Ron Watson, Ravi Rangan, James Horne
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Abstract
A software-based interactive collection book for mobile devices provides the users a way to connect their customers to products while the products are still being developed. This will allow a user to engage with their customers earlier to drive more sales. This will result in their products being more successful in the market at the time of launch.
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A method comprising:
- providing a mobile device and a user of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device contains at least one collection book associated with at least one designer and at least one collection with at least one item;
- providing a first good and an electronically identifiable tag which uniquely identifies a model number of the good;
- detecting the electronically identifiable tag via a wireless radio signal, wherein the detecting comprises translating the wireless radio signal into digital information stored on the electronically identifiable tag;
- displaying a first screen on the mobile device information on the first good, wherein the information on the first good comprises metadata;
- displaying a second screen on the mobile device information on the first good, wherein the second screen contains at least one piece of information more than the first screen;
- displaying a third screen on the mobile device information on a collection within which the first good belongs, wherein the third screen lists a plurality of goods within the collection other than the first good;
- providing a product lifecycle management system to which the mobile device can be connected;
- allowing a change to be made the at least one collection book via the product lifecycle management system, wherein the change comprises adding a new feature for the first good;
- at the mobile device, synchronizing the changes made to the at least one collection book via the product lifecycle management system;
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- after the synchronizing, displaying on the first screen on the mobile device information on the new feature as associated with the first good.
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A method comprising:
- providing a mobile device and a user of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device contains at least one collection book associated with at least one designer and at least one collection with at least one item;
- providing a first good and an electronically identifiable tag which uniquely identifies a model number of the good;
- detecting the electronically identifiable tag via a wireless radio signal, wherein the detecting comprises translating the wireless radio signal into digital information stored on the electronically identifiable tag;
- displaying a first screen on the mobile device information on the first good, wherein the information on the first good comprises metadata;
- displaying a second screen on the mobile device information on the first good, wherein the second screen contains at least one piece of information more than the first screen;
- displaying a third screen on the mobile device information on a collection within which the first good belongs, wherein the third screen lists a plurality of goods within the collection other than the first good, and the plurality of goods within the collection comprises a clothing ensemble comprising a second good;
- providing a product lifecycle management system to which the mobile device can be connected;
- allowing a change to be made the at least one collection book via the product lifecycle management system, wherein the change comprises adding another item of clothing to the ensemble comprising a third good;
- at the mobile device, synchronizing the changes made to the at least one collection book via the product lifecycle management system;
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- after the synchronizing, displaying on the third screen on the mobile device information on the hat as associated with the third good.
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A method comprising:
- for a collection book application, presenting to a user at an electronic tablet device a login screen;
- presenting to the user a plurality of pictures representative of a plurality of collections of products;
- receiving a first selection from the user via a touch screen interface of the electronic tablet device for one of the plurality of collections;
- based on the first selection, presenting to the user a plurality of clothing products within the first selection of the plurality collections;
- providing a user-configurable filter that allows displaying of clothing products meeting a user's selected criteria;
- providing an ordering screen that allows the user to place orders on one of more selected clothing products;
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- handling delivering the user's order to a site of the manufacturer of the clothing products.
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A method of organizing an electronic collection book comprising:
- in a first level of hierarchy, organizing products in a plurality of product collections in the electronic collection book and allowing a user to select one collection from the plurality, wherein the product collections are for apparel;
- in a second level of hierarchy, organizing a plurality of products for each of the product collections;
- in a third level of the hierarchy, organizing each of the products by an attribute;
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- allowing access to the levels of hierarchy via a graphical user interface of an electronic tablet device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.