IP Library Granted Patent US 7,364,293
Granted Patent B2
US 7,364,293 · App. 11/443,731 · Granted Apr 29, 2008

Method and system for ordering customized cosmetic contact lenses

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,364,293
App. No.
11/443,731
Granted
Apr 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of configuring and ordering a customized contact lens for a user. The method includes the steps of displaying a template eye image to assist the user in visualizing selected options for a customized contact lens, and displaying a plurality of contact lens selection options to the user. The information includes a plurality of selectable lens colors and lens design patterns. The method also includes the steps of sending an ordering request to order a contact lens incorporating lens colors and lens design patterns selected by the user, receiving the ordering request, and manufacturing a contact lens incorporating the lens colors and lens design patterns selected by the user.

Claims (12)

1. A method of selecting a cosmetic contact lens for a person comprising the steps of:

(1) presenting the person's eye;

(2) selecting a target eye from an eye template selected from the group consisting of celebrity eyes, sample eyes, a scanned photograph of an eye and a scanned pre-printed image of an eye;

(3) selecting an iris pattern;

(4) superposing said selected iris pattern onto said selected target eye;

(5) accessing information relating to a set of cosmetic contact lenses;

(6) estimating the cosmetic effect of a contact lens from the set of cosmetic contact lenses; and

(7) recommending a best contact lens from the set of cosmetic contact lenses based on how estimated cosmetic effect of the best contact lens on the person matches the target eye adjusted from step (4).

2. The method of claim 1 wherein an intelligent agent is employed to access said information relating to a set of cosmetic contact lenses, to estimate the cosmetic effect of a contact lens from the set of cosmetic contact lenses, and to recommend a best contact lens from the set of cosmetic contact lenses based upon an estimated cosmetic effect of the best contact lens on the person having said target eye.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein a user interface is used to communicate with said person.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said user interface includes speech recognition capability.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein said user interface further comprises a handheld device.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: NOVARTIS AG
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 051454/0788 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2008
From: BRODERICK, DANIEL F.; FOPPE, ANN. T.; SANTILLI, JAMES; TUCKER, ROBERT C.
To: NOVARTIS AG
Reel/Frame 020365/0974 →