Virtual shopping

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016180447-A1
Application number	US-201414578414-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 20, 2014
Priority date	Dec 20, 2014
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Techniques for generating a virtual shopping experience are presented herein. A transceiver is configured to receive, from a wearable device, activity information of a user. Additionally, an access module is configured to access an attribute of a user. Moreover, a processor is configured by a fitting room module to receive a garment identifier corresponding to a selected garment. Furthermore, the fitting room module generates an avatar based on the accessed attribute and the received activity information, and obtains a garment model based on the received garment identifier. Subsequently, a display module is configured to cause a presentation of the generated garment model draped on the generated avatar.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
receiving, from a wearable device, activity information of a user; accessing an attribute of a user; generating, using a processor, an avatar based on the accessed attribute and the received activity information; receiving a garment identifier corresponding to a selected garment; obtaining a garment model based on the received garment identifier, and causing a presentation of the generated garment model draped on the generated avatar.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a second garment with an identified degree of similarity to the selected garment, the selected garment and the second garment being located in a store; locating the second garment in the store using an indoor positioning technique; and causing a presentation of a location corresponding to the second garment based on the locating.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sharing the selected garment on a social network of the user, the user being connected to a second user on the social network; and receiving input from the second user about the selected garment.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a forecasting model based on the activity information collected over a predetermined period of time; updating the attribute based on the generated forecast model; determining a garment size for the selected garment based on the updated attribute; and causing a presentation of the determined garment size for the selected garment.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a garment size for the garment from the user, determining a first suggested weight based on the received garment size and the accessed attribute; selecting a second garment size, the second garment size being different than the received garment size; determining a second suggested weight for the second garment size based on the accessed attribute; and causing a presentation of the first suggested weight and the second suggested weight.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessed attribute includes a height measurement, a weight of the user, a waist size, a chest size, or a garment size.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessed attribute is derived from a photograph of the user.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a user input to retrieve a second garment model from a wish list database, the wish list database having garment models of garments previously selected by the user, accessing the second garment model from the wish list database, causing a presentation of a user interface having a wish list, the wish list including the generated garment model and the generated second garment model.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the garment identifier is obtained from a barcode of the selected garment.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the barcode references a database having previous ownership information of the garment.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the barcode references a database having available garment colors and available garment sizes for the garment.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the garment model is a model of a clothing accessory.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the activity information includes a heart rate of the user, number of calories burned by the user, or a number of daily steps taken.

14 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
updating the attribute based on the activity information;
determining a new garment size for the garment based on the updated attribute; and
notifying the user that the garment is available for purchase in the new garment size.

15 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a target size for the selected garment; determining a target activity threshold based on the target size, the target activity threshold having a minimum number of daily steps; and causing a presentation of the determined target activity threshold.

16 . A system comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive, from a wearable device, activity information of a user; an access module configured to access an attribute of a user, a fitting room module configured to:
generate an avatar based on the accessed attribute and the received activity information;
receive a garment identifier corresponding to a selected garment; and
obtain a garment model based on the received garment identifier; and
a display module configured to cause a presentation of the generated garment model draped on the generated avatar.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the fitting room module is further configured to:
determine a second garment with an identified degree of similarity to the selected garment, the selected garment and the second garment being located in a store; locate the second garment in the store using an indoor positioning technique; and the display module is further configured to cause a presentation of a location corresponding to with the second garment based on the locating.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the fitting room module is further configured to:
generate a forecasting model based on the activity information collected over a predetermined period of time; update the attribute based on the generated forecast model; determine a garment size for the selected garment based on the updated attribute; and the display module is further configured to cause a presentation of the determined garment size for the selected garment.

19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the fitting room module is further configured to:
receive a target size for the selected garment; determine a target activity threshold based on the target size, the target activity threshold having a minimum number of daily steps; and the display module is further configured to cause a presentation of the determined target activity threshold.

20 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a wearable device, activity information of a user; accessing an attribute of a user; generating an avatar based on the accessed attribute and the received activity information; receiving a garment identifier corresponding to a selected garment; obtaining a garment model based on the received garment identifier, and causing a presentation of the generated garment model draped on the generated avatar.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Kamalie Shereen
• Dides Emil

Classifications

• G06Q30/0643 Primary

  graphically representing goods, e.g. 3D product representation · CPC title