| 摘要 |
A client-server social-network for providing automated clothing suggestions. Fashion interested users form social networks, upload records of their respective wardrobes and fashion preferences, and display their wardrobe items and outfits other members of the network, often displaying entire outfits using customizable virtual mannequins. The social network members can evaluate the fashion merits of both their outfits and their friend's outfits, and the system will further store data pertaining to the social network group's fashion assessments. The system may also make statistical inferences as to what types of clothing may be favored and disfavored by the user's social network group, and present these recommendations to the user. Other factors, such as weather, event type, and user's recent history of wearing various wardrobe items can also be considered. The system can additionally assist in shopping and gift giving, provide fashion related games, spot fashion trends, and provide advanced data for fashion suppliers. |
| 主权项 |
1. A client-server social-network method for providing automated clothing suggestions, said method comprising:
using at least one server comprising at least one processor, memory, fashion social network software, and a network connection to the internet to provide a fashion social network comprising a plurality of users, and a database configured to store, on a per user basis, user clothing information, user fashion preferences, user social network linkages, and social network fashion preferences; said user clothing information comprising user wardrobe items, each user wardrobe item further comprising item type, item color, item style, item image, and item history information; said at least one server further configured to receive information pertaining to said user clothing information, user fashion preferences, and user friend information from at least one client computerized device, and store said user clothing information and user fashion preferences and user friend information in said database; using said at least one server and said user friend information to establish social network linkages between said plurality of users, thereby establishing user social networks; further receiving, on a per user basis, social network fashion preferences from said user social network, said social network fashion preferences comprising preferences of at least one different social network linked contact pertaining to at least one user wardrobe item, or at least one outfit comprising a plurality user wardrobe items; wherein said at least one server uses said user clothing information, user fashion preferences, said social network fashion preferences and a scoring algorithm to suggest at least one user wardrobe item, or at least one outfit, for said user to wear; wherein said scoring algorithm gives weighting to user wardrobe items or outfits according to a function of said social network fashion preferences, said user fashion preferences, and said item history information; further receiving information pertaining to an actual choice of said user, at a given time, of at least one user wardrobe item or at least one outfit and storing said actual choice and time in said database, and using said actual choice as at least part of said user fashion preferences. |
