Method and system for facilitating product shopping
View Patent ↗A method and a system to facilitate finding a product (e.g., camera) and corresponding product accessories are described. A selection of a theme mode from a plurality of theme modes is received. A list of product models and a list of product accessory models based on the theme mode are presented. A selection of a product model combination including a product model and at least one product accessory model respectively from the list of product models and the list of product accessory models is received. A list of product combinations based on the product model combination is retrieved from a database. Each product combination include a product and at least one product accessory respectively supplied from one of product suppliers and one of product accessory suppliers. The list of product combinations may be ranked based on a sum value of a product value and at least one product accessory value in each product combination.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a selection of a mode from a plurality of product operational modes;
presenting a list of product models and a list of product accessory models based on the mode separately;
receiving a selection of a product model combination including a product model from the list of product models and at least one product accessory model from the list of product accessory models;
retrieving a list of product combinations based on the selected product model combination from a database, each product combination including a product supplied from one of a plurality of product suppliers and at least one product accessory supplied from one of a plurality of product accessory suppliers;
ranking, using one or more processors, the list of product combinations based on a sum value of a product capacity/price ratio of the product and a product accessory capacity/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and
presenting the ranked list of product combinations to buyers via a display on a machine to facilitate the buyers in finding a product combination that is attractive to the buyers.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mode includes a theme mode, wherein the list of product models includes at least one of a list of camera models, a list of video models, and a list of audio models, wherein the list of product accessory models includes at least one of a list of camera accessory models, a list of video accessory models, and a list of audio accessory models, wherein the product includes at least one of a camera product, a video product, and a audio product, and wherein the at least one product accessory includes at least one of a camera accessory, a video accessory, and an audio accessory.
3. A system, comprising:
a mode selection interface configured to receive a selection of a mode from a plurality of product operational modes;
a product model combination selection hardware module to receive a selection of a product model combination based on the mode, the product model combination including a product model from a list of product models and a product accessory model from a list of product accessory models;
a product combination search hardware engine to retrieve a list of product combinations based on the product model combination from a database, each of the list of product combinations including a product from one of a plurality of product suppliers and at least one product accessory supplied from one of a plurality of product accessory suppliers;
a processor configured by a product combination ranking hardware module to rank the list of product combinations based on a sum value of a product capacity/price ratio of the product and a product accessory capacity/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and
a display on a machine to present the ranked list of product combinations to buyers to facilitate the buyers in finding a product combination that is attractive to the buyers.
4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising:
a product model presenting interface configured to present the list of product models based on the mode; and
a product accessory model presenting interface configured to present the list of product accessory models based on the mode.
5. The system of claim 3 , further comprising:
a mode storage to store the plurality of theme modes;
a product model storage to store the list of product models;
a product accessory model storage to store the list of product accessory models;
a product storage to store the list of products; and
a product accessory storage to store the list of product accessories.
6. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
receiving a selection of a mode from a plurality of theme modes;
presenting a list of product models and a list of product accessory models based on the mode separately;
receiving a selection of a product era model combination including a product model and at least one product accessory model respectively from the list of product models and the list of product accessory models;
retrieving a list of product combinations based on the product model combination from a database, each product combination including a product and at least one product accessory respectively supplied from one of product suppliers and one of product accessory suppliers;
ranking, using one or more processors, the list of product combinations based on a sum value of a product capacity/price ratio of the product and a product accessory capacity/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and
presenting the ranked list of product combinations to buyers via a display to facilitate the buyers in finding a product combination that is attractive to the buyers.