Enhancing touch and feel on the Internet

摘要

A system for enabling touch and feel over the internet provides a three-dimensional representation of a good being sold, that three-dimensional representation being viewable from a number of different directions. In one embodiment, the good being sold is in a package and the package is displayed from the number of different directions. Another embodiment has the good being a book, and the inside and outside covers of the book are displayed and specified pages of the book can be displayed. The user can read from either the label or the covers just like as if the were actually handling the good.

主权项

1. A computer system comprising:
a computer running a program to receive a first display image of a first item, having a first resolution and to produce outputs that display said first display image; said program operating after displaying the first display image and while the first display image is being displayed, to load additional information about the first item while the first display image is being displayed, including information that increases an amount of information about the first item that is displayed, while the first display image is being displayed; said additional information including both more details about the item, as well as plural controls, said controls including movement keys that are selected on the display, each movement key defining a direction from which the item on the screen is viewed; said program detecting a selection of one of said movement keys, and said computer changing the view of the item that is displayed to be a second display image which is a different image than said first display image, representing the view of the item from the different direction defined by said one of said movement keys; where said movement keys include keys to move a direction of viewing at least in multiple different directions.