Method and system for selecting product colors

Patent 6349300 Issued on February 19, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 16, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 292917 filed on 04/16/1999

US Classes:

707/100, DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)707/4, Query formulation, input preparation, or translation707/5Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)

Examiners

Primary: Alam, Hosain T.
Assistant: Kindred, Alford W.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Goldman; David C., Breedlove; Jill M.

International Classes

G06F 017/30
G06F 717/00

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a process for facilitating a purchaser's selection of a color for a product. In one embodiment, a purchaser is able to interact with a library of available colors for a product over a digital communication network, such as the Internet. The purchaser is able to browse the color library to identify a color of interest. Additionally, the purchaser is able to compare a color of interest to the available colors in the library to assess whether an available color for the product is close enough to the color of interest. Further, the purchaser can order chips or plaques of the available colors identified during a session so that a comparison of the color of interest to actual color samples of the product can be made before an order is placed.