APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ONLINE SEARCH, IMAGING, MODELING, AND FULFILLMENT FOR INTERIOR DESIGN APPLICATIONS

摘要

A system and method are described for searching and providing a ranked list of home products comparable/compatible with an existing product. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: collecting attributes related to home products in a products database, each of the attributes having a weight associated therewith; receiving user input in the form of an existing product; determining input attributes for the existing product; comparing the input attributes with the attributes related to the home products in the products database and responsively determining distances between the input attributes and the attributes related to the home products in the products database; and generating a ranked list of home products from the products database using the determined distances and the weights associated with each of the attributes.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a products database comprising records of home products each having a plurality of attributes associated therewith, and each of the attributes having a weight associated therewith; a design genome search engine to receive input in the form of an existing product, determine input attributes for the existing product and responsively compare the input attributes with the attributes related to the home products in the products database to determine distances between the input attributes and the attributes related to the home products in the products database; and the design genome search engine to generate a ranked list of home products from the products database using the determined distances and the weights associated with each of the attributes.