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US6965873B1
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Electronic commerce using optical input device
Assignee: Digimarc Corp
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Filing: 2000-10-04
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Granted: 2005-11-15
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Expires: 2020-10-04
Abstract
Abstract Sensing of machine readable indicia associated with a catalog permits on-line ordering of merchandise. A profile of user-specific data (e.g., clothing sizes) can be employed to customize the transaction. Sensing of such indicia on a garment tag permits a collection of complementary clothing or accessories to be presented to a user for review (e.g., by display of a virtual model wearing the garment and some of the clothing/accessories).
Inventors
- 👤 Geoffrey B. Rhoads
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:56
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/06; G06Q30/0601; G06Q30/0603; G06Q30/0633
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
An electronic commerce method comprising: providing a printed catalog that includes an image of an article offered for sale by a merchant, wherein the image is steganographically encoded with plural-bit binary data; optically sensing the image to produce image data corresponding thereto; decoding the steganographically encoded data from the image data; and electronically ordering the article from the merchant by use of said decoded data, wherein said ordering makes use of earlier-stored customer profile information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
75 words
An electronic commerce method comprising: providing a printed catalog that includes an image of an article offered for sale by a merchant, wherein the image is steganographically encoded with plural-bit binary data; optically sensing the image to produce image data corresponding thereto; decoding the steganographically encoded data from the image data; and electronically ordering the article from the merchant by use of said decoded data, wherein said ordering makes use of earlier-stored customer profile information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 in which the customer profile information includes clothing size data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
90 words
The method of claim 2 , further comprising: processing the decoded data for transmission to a remote merchant computer, said processing including supplementing the decoded data with supplemental data corresponding to the customer; transmitting the processed data to the remote merchant computer; receiving first order data from the remote merchant computer, responsive to the transmitted processed data; presenting the first order data to the customer; receiving from the user further input selecting among options included in the first order data; and transmitting said further input to the remote merchant computer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 3 in which the supplemental data includes the customer profile information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 3 in which the supplemental data includes data identifying the customer.
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