Color selection, coordination and purchase system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10180774-B2
Application number	US-201715495068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2017
Priority date	Jul 22, 2009
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

Systems and methods include a server configured to provide a web site application to a remote computing device over the Internet. The remote computing device receives user input to control a cursor. The web site application is configured to enable the remote computing device to display a plurality of color sheen chips on a display of the remote computing device, each color sheen chip representing a different color sheen. The web site application is configured to enlarge a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display when the cursor hovers over the particular color sheen chip and to toggle the color sheen chip left and right when the cursor is moved back and forth over the particular color sheen chip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a server configured to provide a web site application to a remote computing device over the Internet, the remote computing device receiving user input to control a cursor and the web site application being configured to enable the remote computing device to display a plurality of color sheen chips on a display of the remote computing device, each color sheen chip representing a different color sheen;
wherein the web site application is configured to enlarge a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display when the cursor hovers over the particular color sheen chip and to toggle the color sheen chip left and right when the cursor is moved back and forth over the particular color sheen chip.

2. The system of claim 1 , the web site application being further configured to display a project image including a plurality of different colors, the project image including at least one hot spot with an attention-drawing animation feature.

3. The system of claim 2 , the web site application being further configured to display at least one color name when the at least one hot spot is selected.

4. The system of claim 3 , the web site application being further configured to display a color summary menu that includes a listing of the plurality of different colors included in the project image.

5. The system of claim 2 , the attention-drawing animation feature of the at least one hot spot including pulsing or blinking the at least one hot spot.

6. A method comprising:
providing, with a server, a web site application to a remote computing device over the Internet, the remote computing device receiving user input to control a cursor and the web site application being configured to enable the remote computing device to display a plurality of color sheen chips on a display of the remote computing device, each color sheen chip representing a different color sheen;
wherein the web site application is configured to enlarge a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display when the cursor hovers over the particular color sheen chip and to toggle the color sheen chip left and right when the cursor is moved back and forth over the particular color sheen chip.

7. The method of claim 6 , the web site application being further configured to display a project image including a plurality of different colors, the project image including at least one hot spot with an attention-drawing animation feature.

8. The method of claim 7 , the web site application being further configured to display at least one color name when the at least one hot spot is selected.

9. The method of claim 8 , the web site application being further configured to display a color summary menu that includes a listing of the plurality of different colors included in the project image.

10. The method of claim 7 , the attention-drawing animation feature of the at least one hot spot including pulsing or blinking the at least one hot spot.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a computing device that receives user input to control a cursor, the instructions including instructions for:
displaying a plurality of color sheen chips on a display of the computing device, each color sheen chip representing a different color sheen;
enlarging a particular color sheen chip of the plurality of color sheen chips on the display when the cursor hovers over the particular color sheen chip; and
toggling the color sheen chip left and right when the cursor is moved back and forth over the particular color sheen chip.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , the instructions further including instructions for displaying a project image including a plurality of different colors, the project image including at least one hot spot with an attention-drawing animation feature.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , the instructions further including instructions for displaying at least one color name when the at least one hot spot is selected.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , the instructions further including instructions for displaying a color summary menu that includes a listing of the plurality of different colors included in the project image.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , the attention-drawing animation feature of the at least one hot spot including pulsing or blinking the at least one hot spot.

Assignees

• Behr Process Corp

Inventors

• Buzyn John
• Irizarry Bernadette
• Milsom Doug
• Reynolds Damien
• Une Donna
• Webb Marc

Classifications

• G06T11/10 Primary

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G06T13/80

  Two-dimensional [2D] animation, e.g. using sprites · CPC title

• G06T19/00

  Manipulating three-dimensional [3D] models or images for computer graphics · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title