Providing eyewear equipment using a same identifier among designer, manufacturer, and purchaser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10749929-B2
Application number	US-201314436879-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2013
Priority date	Oct 18, 2012
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

A method implemented by computer means for providing at least part of eyewear equipment adapted to a wearer is described. The method comprises a wearer data receiving step (S1). The method comprises a wearer data storing step (S2). The method comprises an identifier sending step (S3). The method comprises an eyewear equipment design sending step (S4). The method comprises an eyewear equipment data receiving step (S5). The method comprises an eyewear equipment data storing step (S6). The method comprises an eyewear equipment data sending step (S7).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method implemented by computer means, for providing at least part of an eyewear equipment adapted to a wearer, the method comprising:
obtaining a networked data-processing device;
a wearer data receiving step during which a first set of data comprising at least wearer individual data and data related to a choice of a type of optical lens is received at the networked data-processing device from a remote location, the wearer individual data defining wearer prescription data and the data related to the choice of the type of optical lens relating to at least one of an optical lens design, a lens material, and a coating of the lens;
a wearer individual data storing step during which the first set of data is stored as a stored first set of data and associated with an eyewear equipment identifier ID identifying said at least part of an eyewear equipment;
an identifier sending step during which the eyewear equipment identifier ID is sent to the remote location from the networked data-processing device;
an eyewear equipment design sending step during which a second set of data comprising at least part of the stored first set of data as well as at least a parameter defining a shape of the at least part of an eyewear equipment is sent to an eyewear equipment designer from the networked data-processing device upon receipt of an eyewear equipment design request comprising at least the eyewear equipment identifier ID;
an eyewear equipment data receiving step during which a third set of data comprising, at least eyewear equipment data calculated using the second set of data, said eyewear equipment data comprising process manufacturing data adapted to manufacturing devices used by an eyewear equipment manufacturer for manufacturing said at least part of said eyewear equipment is received from the eyewear equipment designer at the networked data-processing device;
an eyewear equipment data storing step during which the third set of data is stored as a stored third t of data and associated with the eyewear equipment identifier ID; and
an eyewear equipment data sending step during which a fourth set of data comprising at least the process manufacturing data comprised in the stored third set of data associated with the eyewear equipment identifier ID is then sent to the eyewear equipment manufacturer from the networked data-processing device, upon receipt of an eyewear equiptment data request comprising at least the eyewear equipment identifier ID, the fourth set of data being used to manufacture said at least part of the eyewear equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising prior to the eyewear equipment design sending step an eyewear equipment design receiving step during which a fifth set of data comprising at least eyewear equipment design data is received from the eyewear equipment manufacturer and an eyewear equipment design storing step during which the fifth set of data is stored an associated with the stored first set of data and the eyewear equipment identifier ID.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the eyewear equipment is selected from at least one of an optical lens, a spectacle frame, and an active eyewear equipment.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the eyewear equipment data comprises process manufacturing data adapted to a manufacturing device used by the eyewear equipment manufacturer for manufacturing said at least part of the eyewear equipment.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising after the identifier sending step at least one of:
an eyewear equipment personalization sending step during which a sixth set of data comprising at least part of the stored first set of data is sent to an eyewear equipment personalization unit upon receipt of an eyewear equipment personalization request comprising at least the eyewear equipment identifier ID,
an eyewear equipment personalization data receiving step during which a seventh set of data comprising at least eyewear equipment personalization data obtained using the sixth set of data is received from the eyewear equipment personalization unit, and
an eyewear equipment personalization data storing step during which the seventh set of data is stored and associated with the eyewear equipment identifier ID.

6. The method accord ng to claim 5 , wherein the eyewear equipment personalization data includes data related to a separate part of the eyewear equipment that is not eyewear equipment manufactured by the eyewear equipment manufacturer.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the eyewear equipment is a pair of spectacle lenses, the eyewear equipment data related to an optical lens, and the eyewear equipment personalization data includes data related to a spectacle frame.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the steps are performed by the networked data-processing device comprising at least a server and a storage unit, the networked data processing device being connected to one or more locations selected from the remote location, the eyewear equipment designer and the eyewear equipment manufacturer, and wherein connection with the network data processing device is over the internet.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the eyewear equipment manufacturer may access the wearer individual data by the eyewear equipment identifier ID.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the eyewear equipment designer may access the wearer individual data by the eyewear equipment identifier ID.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the eyewear equipment manufacturer may access the eyewear equipment design data by the eyewear equipment identifier ID.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the eyewear equipment designer may access eyewear equipment manufacturer data by the eyewear equipment identifier ID.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote location is an eye care practitioner.

14. A network data-processing device comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium; and
program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable-medium and executable by at least one processor to:
receive from a remote location, a first set of data comprising at least wearer individual data defining wearer prescription data about a wearer and at least data related to a choice of a type of optical lens, the data related to the choice of the type of optical lens relating to at least one of an optical lens design, a lens material, and a coating of the lens;
store the first set of data as a stored first set of data and associate the stored first set of data with an eyewear equipment identifier ID identifying part of an eyewear equipment adapted to the wearer;
send to the remote location the eyewear equipment identifier ID;
receive an eyewear equipment design request comprising at least the eyewear equipment identifier ID;
send to an eyewear equipment designer a second set of data comprising at least part of the stored first set of data as well as at least a parameter defining a shape of the at least part of an eyewear equipment upon receipt of the eyewear equipment design request;
receive from the eyewear equipment designer a third set of data comprising at least eyewear equipment data calculated using the second set of data, said eyewear equipment data comprising process manufacturing data adapted to manufacturing devices used by an eyewear equipment manufacturer for manufacturing said at least part of an eyewear equipment;
store the third set of data as a stored third set of data and associate the stored third set of data with the eyewear equipment identifier ID;
receive an eyewear equipment data request comprising at le

Assignees

• Essilor Int

Inventors

• Stephkov Natacha
• Arrouy Frederic

Classifications

• H04L67/06 Primary

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• G06Q30/0621 Primary

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• H04L67/42

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