Method and apparatus for facilitating product sales from a remote location
OwnerRobert Kronenbergerinventor
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Abstract
A method of, and system for, presenting a product to an audience. The method includes the steps of: obtaining a lightbox assembly having a volume in which at least a part of the product to be presented can be placed; placing the at least part of the product in the volume of the lightbox with the lightbox at a first location; illuminating the at least part of the product in the volume of the lightbox; and continuously transmitting images of the at least part of the product illuminated in the volume of the lightbox through a wired or wireless network that are viewed by at least a first user at a second location.
Claims27
A method of presenting a product to an audience, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a lightbox having a volume in which at least a part of the product to be presented is placed;
- placing the at least part of the product in the volume of the lightbox with the lightbox at a first location;
- illuminating the at least part of the product in the volume of the lightbox;
- continuously transmitting images of the at least part of the product illuminated in the volume of the lightbox through a wired or wireless network that are viewed by at least a first user at a second location, remote from the first location,
- wherein the step of continuously transmitting images comprises streaming images of the at least part of the product illuminated in the volume of the lightbox,
- wherein the step of continuously transmitting images comprises transmitting changed versions of the images of the at least part of the product illuminated in the volume of the lightbox;
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- the method further comprising the step of changing a perspective from which the at least part of the product illuminated in the volume of the lightbox is viewed to thereby provide a changed version of the transmitted images of the at least part of the product illuminated in the volume of the lightbox,
- wherein the step of continuously transmitting images comprises continuously operating a video image generator to continuously generate video signals,
- wherein the step of changing a perspective comprises automatically controllably changing a relationship between the video image generator and the at least part of the product illuminated in the volume of the lightbox without requiring that an operator manually reposition either the video image generator or the at least part of the product illuminated in the volume of the lightbox.
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A communication system for facilitating presentation of a product to an audience, the communication system comprising:
- a lightbox at a first location and having a volume within which a product to be presented is placed and illuminated;
- at least one video image generator,
- the at least one video image generator configured to continuously transmit video image signals of an illuminated product in the volume of the lightbox;
- a video display at a second location;
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- a network through which a user can access the video image signals of the illuminated product in the volume of the lightbox at the first location through a browser to allow processing of the video image signals and viewing of continuously transmitted video images of the illuminated product in the volume of the lightbox on the video display at the second location,
- wherein the lightbox has a support to maintain a product to be illuminated in a display position in the volume of the lightbox and the support is configured to allow reorientation of a product in the display position in the volume of the lightbox relative to the at least one video image generator,
- wherein the communication system further comprises a drive for moving at least a part of the support to thereby automatically reorient a product in the display position in the volume of the lightbox relative to the at least one video image generator without requiring an operator to manually move the product.
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A communication system for facilitating presentation of a product to an audience, the communication system comprising:
- a lightbox at a first location and having a volume within which a product to be presented is placed and illuminated;
- at least one video image generator,
- the at least one video image generator configured to continuously transmit video image signals of an illuminated product in the volume of the lightbox;
- a video display at a second location;
- a network through which a user can access the video image signals of the illuminated product in the volume of the lightbox at the first location through a browser to allow processing of the video image signals and viewing of continuously transmitted video images of the illuminated product in the volume of the lightbox on the video display at the second location;
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- an adjustable marker that is configured to controllably visibly highlight different parts of an illuminated product in the volume of the lightbox as seen on video images displayed at the second location to allow an operator to selectively focus an audience's attention on specific parts of a product within the lightbox volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.