| US 7,526,440 B2 | ||
| Method, computer product, and apparatus for facilitating the provision of opinions to a shopper from a panel of peers | ||
| Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, Conn. (US); Wen Y. Lin, New York, N.Y. (US); Russell P. Sammon, Pacifica, Calif. (US); Norman C. Gilman, New York, N.Y. (US); Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stamford, Conn. (US); and Dean P. Alderucci, Westport, Conn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Walker Digital, LLC, Stamford, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/864,834. | ||
| Application 10/864834 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/602948, filed on Jun. 26, 2000, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/210946, filed on Jun. 12, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0027612 A1, Feb. 03, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—26 [705/27] | 45 Claims |
| 1. A method, comprising:
receiving, via a merchant server from a shopper, a request for opinions regarding a garment and a minimum number of responses
that are to be collected from a plurality of peers before providing an indication of the opinions;
determining an image of the garment;
selecting, by the merchant server for the shopper, the plurality of peers to provide the opinion, the peers being selected
based on a characteristic associated with the shopper and on demographic information provided by the peers;
outputting, by the merchant server, to each of the plurality of peers the request for the opinion and the image of the garment;
receiving, by the merchant server, responses to the request from at least a subset of the plurality of peers;
determining, by the merchant server, that the minimum number of responses have been received;
processing, by the merchant server, the received responses into categories; and
outputting, by the merchant server to the shopper, an indication of the categories and a percentage associated with each category
that corresponds to the opinions of the peers regarding the garment.
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