# US 8,543,472 B2 · Network data exchange method and network server

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- Number: US 8,543,472 B2
- Document ID: US8543472B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/013,811
- Filed: 2011-01-25
- Published: 2012-07-26
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2011-01-25
- Applicants: XueXian Yu
- Inventors: XueXian Yu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8543472B2

## CPC

- G06Q 30/0621: {by configuring or customising goods or services}
- G06Q 30/0641: {utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An exemplary network data exchange method includes the steps of: receiving a commodity browsing request containing a requester network address from a network; finding out a camera corresponding to the commodity browsing request; obtaining a control right or an access right of the camera; using the camera to capture the commodity according to a received camera operating request and obtaining videos or images of the commodity; and sending the videos or the images to the requester network address by the network. A network server is also provided in the present disclosure. The present disclosure may effectively improve the operation efficiency of an online shopping system as well as the efficiency and the accuracy of online shopping by utilizing the online shopping system by users, and promotes the consumption.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A network data exchange method, comprising the steps of:
a network server receiving a commodity browsing request containing a requester network address from a network;
a network server finding out a camera corresponding to the commodity browsing request according to a correspondence between the commodity browsing request and the camera;
checking whether the camera is available or not;
responsive to a YES check result of the camera being available, obtaining a control right or an access right of the camera;
responsive to a NO check result of the camera not being available, sending the commodity browsing request to a waiting queue, and obtaining a video library containing videos of a commodity and sending thereof to the requester network address by the network;
the network sever obtaining the control right or access right of the camera;
using the camera to capture the commodity according to a received camera operating request and obtaining videos or images of the commodity; and
sending the videos or the images to the requester network address by the network.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The network data exchange method of claim 1, wherein the procedure of obtaining a video library comprises:
listing videos sorted by commodity name, view angle, view distance, view light beams or view mode from the video library on a webpage according to the commodity browsing request; and
choosing the videos filtered by commodity name, view angle, view distance, view light beams or view mode from the video library according to the commodity browsing request.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The network data exchange method of claim 2, further comprising the following procedure after the procedure of sending the image or the video to the requester network address by the network:
finding out the camera corresponding to the commodity browsing request when the commodity browsing request contains demands of changing view angle, photo-sensibility, ambient light, zooming in, zooming out, or camera switching.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The network data exchange method of claim 1, wherein the procedure of finding out the camera corresponding to the commodity browsing request comprises:
finding out the camera for automatically capturing the commodity under predetermined rules according to the correspondence between the commodity browsing request and the camera; or
finding out the camera for capturing the commodity with various view positions, view distances or view angles regardless of the predetermined rules according to the correspondence between the commodity browsing request and the camera; and
in the step of obtaining a control right or an access right of the camera, the control right or the access right of the camera is individually obtained or shared with another or other requesters.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The network data exchange method of claim 1, wherein the procedure of finding out the camera corresponding to the commodity browsing request comprises:
finding out the camera assigned to the requester according to request information of the commodity browsing request; or
finding out the camera corresponding to the commodity browsing request according to the correspondence between the commodity browsing request and the camera from local, remote market or network camera database.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The network data exchange method of claim 1, wherein the procedure of finding out the camera corresponding to the commodity browsing request comprises:
finding out the camera for capturing a standard commodity or a customized commodity corresponding to the commodity browsing request; and
after the procedure of sending the videos or the images to the requester network address by the network, the following procedures are comprised:
receiving a commodity ordering request for a standard commodity, a customized commodity, a desired style or a specific commodity from the network;
judging the type of the commodity ordering request, and:
if the commodity ordering request is for a standard commodity, generating an order containing requester information and standard commodity information and sending the order to a manufacturing place for on-the-spot manufacture;
if the commodity ordering request is for a customized commodity, generating an order containing requester information and customized commodity information and sending the order to a manufacturing place for on-the-spot manufacture;
if the commodity order request is for a desired style commodity, generating an order containing requester information and desired style commodity information and sending the order to a manufacturing place for on-the-spot manufacture;
if the commodity order request is for a specific commodity, generating an order containing requester information and specific commodity information and sending the order to a manufacturing place for on-the-spot manufacture.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The network data exchange method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
sending a commodity complete notification containing a commodity preview network link to the requester via email, SMS (short message service) or instant message service;
receiving a commodity preview request from the requester by the network;
sending commodity videos taken by the camera to the requester by the network; and
delivering the commodity to the requester after acceptance check received from the requester by the network.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The network data exchange method of claim 1, wherein the procedure of sending the videos or the images to the requester network address by the network comprises:
checking whether a 3D (3-Dimensional) browsing demand is included in the commodity browsing request; and
if a checking result is positive, sending a 3D data of the commodity to the requester network address;
if a checking result is negative, sending a 2D data of the commodity to the requester network address.

### Claim 9

A network server comprising:
a request receiving unit configured for receiving a commodity browsing request containing a requester network address;
a resource searching unit configured for finding out a camera corresponding to the commodity browsing request;
a judging unit configured for checking availability of the camera and triggering the resource obtaining unit if the camera is available;
a request caching unit configured for caching the commodity browsing request and sending the commodity browsing request to a waiting queue if there is no available camera; and
a video saving unit configured for saving videos of a commodity to a video library, wherein the resource obtaining unit obtains the saved videos from the video library if there is no available camera and sends the saved videos to the requester network address;
a resource obtaining unit configured for obtaining a control right or an access right of the camera;
a data obtaining unit configured for capturing the commodity according to a camera operating request; and
a data sending unit configured for sending the images or the videos to the requester network address after the images or the views are taken by the data obtaining unit.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The network server of claim 9, wherein the videos saving unit saves the videos of the commodity according to commodity name, view angle, view distance, light beams or view mode, and the network server further comprises a video listing unit configured for choosing the videos according to commodity name, view angle, view distance, light beams or view mode of from the video saving unit according to the commodity browsing request, and listing the videos on the webpage with a tree structure.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The network server of claim 10, further comprising a camera operating unit configured for operating the camera according to the commodity browsing request containing demands of changing view angle, photo-sensibility, zooming out, zooming in, or switching camera.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The network server of claim 9, further comprising a resource sharing unit configured for sending a camera sharing instruction to the data sending unit and instructing the data sending unit to send the videos or the images to more than one requesters.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The network server of claim 9, further the request receiving unit is configured for receiving commodity order request; and
the network server further comprising a commodity listing unit and a commodity complete notifying unit, wherein:
the commodity listing unit is configured for listing complete commodity or commodity component, and according to the commodity order request received by the request receiving unit;
if the commodity ordering request is for a standard commodity, generating an order containing requester information and standard commodity information and sending the order to a manufacturing place;
if the commodity ordering request is for a customized commodity, generating an order containing requester information and customized commodity information and sending the order to a manufacturing place for on-the-spot manufacture;
if the commodity order request is for a specific commodity, generating an order containing requester information and specific commodity information and sending the order to a manufacturing place; and
the commodity complete notification unit is configured for sending a commodity complete notification to the requester via email, SMS or instant message service when the commodity manufacture is complete.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The network server of claim 9, wherein the camera is a 3D (3-Dimensional) camera.
