Product selling system and method for operating the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoung Ho Yim, Baek Geun Ahn, Deok Kee Kim
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Abstract
A product selling system is provided which allows clients with networks accessible to the Internet to contact a service provider network for purchases. The service provider network includes a database with three dimensional (3D) image data for a variety of its products, and an application which allows a 3D product image to be integrated into a corresponding 3D image of a projected receiving space for the product prior to purchase. A web server which has a program operative with the database facilitates image manipulation to produce a 3D sample image from a product image on the web page if a client desires.
Claims37
A method for operating an air conditioning system selling system, comprising:
- providing access to a web server of an air conditioning system selling enterprise through a client network;
- allowing searching for a required air conditioning system;
- modeling a three dimensional (3D) image of the required air conditioning system and displaying a corresponding 3D image of the required air conditioning system on a web page;
- simulating a 3D installation of the air conditioning system in a venue in which the air conditioning system is to be installed and displaying the simulated 3D installation on the web page, wherein a 3D image of the venue is generated based on a purpose of a building, an inside volume, an estimated number of persons in a room, an inside material, a type of ventilation system, an internal structure, or a floor number on which the air conditioning system is to be installed;
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- receiving information required for selling the air conditioning system if a purchase order for the air conditioning system is received, returning to a prior step if a cancel order is received, and repeating the foregoing steps if a request for a search for alternative air conditioning systems is received.
A method for selling an air conditioning system, comprising:
- providing access to a web server of an air conditioning system selling enterprise;
- receiving an appropriate classification from a plurality of classifications based on a purpose of access and a level of expertise;
- searching for a required air conditioning system;
- providing a first set of information related to the required air conditioning system for an individual, non-expert classification;
- receiving additional information related to installation requirements for the required air conditioning system including drawings of a building into which the required air conditioning system is to be installed, and providing a second set of information related to the required air conditioning system for an expert classification;
- simulating a three dimensional (3D) installation of the required air conditioning system and displaying the simulated installation on a web page;
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- repeating the searching, providing, receiving, and simulating steps until a purchase order is placed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.