Claims
- 1. A method for identifying products of a selected type from a range of products, the method comprising:
storing in a database a record of at least one product, wherein at least one characteristics of the product is defined in terms of at least one primitive; displaying a classification palette comprising at least one descriptor, wherein the at least one descriptor is utilized to identify at least one product; storing in association with the at least one descriptor at least one primitive for defining a characteristic of the descriptor; selecting at least one descriptor from the classification palette; and identifying at least one product having at least one of the at least one primitive associated with the selected descriptor.
- 2. A method for selecting a fabric from a database based upon an identification of a color, composition, design, and supply, comprising:
establishing a connection with a database containing a record of at least one fabric in a range of fabrics, wherein the fabric is classified in the database according to at least one primitive selected from the group consisting of a color, a composition, a design, and a supply; wherein more than one primitive defines the fabric; accessing a fabric classification scheme, wherein the fabric classification scheme provides at least one palette containing at least one descriptor for each strand identifying a plurality of characteristics associated with a fabric, wherein the strands further comprises a Color Strand, a composition strand, a design strand and a supply strand; selecting at least descriptor for at least one strand to search for in the database; converting the descriptor into at least one primitive; searching the database for at least one fabric classified by the primitive; repeating the conversion of the description into a primitive and the search for a fabric until all descriptors have been converted and fabrics searched for; and returning as a result those fabrics which satisfy the descriptors selected from the classification palette.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from European Patent Application No. 00303689.4, filed May 3, 2000, by Hunter Douglas Industries B. V., entitled “Method and System for Identifying Products”, and from U.S. Provisional Patent application Serial No. 60/253,167, filed Nov. 27, 2000, in the name of inventors Thomas D. Kemp and David Sonnenberg, entitled “Method and System for Identifying Products; the contents of both of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
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PCT/US01/14348 |
5/3/2001 |
WO |
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