Merchandise recommending system and method thereof
The present invention relates to a merchandise recommending system, and it is an object of the present invention is to derive recommended merchandise through a multiple image search, in which image characteristic information is extracted through a text search or an image search, thereby deriving recommended merchandise. To accomplish the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operator server comprising a data receiving unit for receiving a ‘merchandise search request signal’ containing a text search or an image search (request) from the user computer and receiving a unique identification number of each user input information and merchandise information together with a corresponding matching table from the manager computer, a matching process module unit for sequentially arranging images by performing a command processing on search keywords that are searched through the characteristic information extraction module unit, a merchandise recommendation module unit for deriving recommended merchandise using the image characteristic information according to a search result, a data transmission unit for transmitting the merchandise extracted through the merchandise recommendation module unit to the user computer, and a data storage unit stores the user input information, merchandise information, unique identification numbers, and matching table.
1. A method of recommending merchandise, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a server, product information from at least one seller, the product information containing characteristic information of products sold by said at least one seller;
creating and maintaining, by the server, a first database containing product image information associated with a user adaptive avatar image, the product image information including silhouette, pattern and color of products, the user adaptive avatar image representing gender, age or body size of the user;
creating and maintaining, by the first server, a second database containing product information of said at least one seller, the product information including a product image, price and detailed description of the product corresponding to the product image information, the product image being associated with image characteristic information, the image characteristic information including keywords associated with the product;
providing, by a user computer, a first user interface session for allowing the user to create the user adaptive avatar image representing gender, age or body size selected by the user;
providing, by the user computer, a second user interface session for allowing the user to input product image information of products to be searched by selecting virtual graphical images of silhouette, pattern or color of products, the product image information including silhouette, pattern and color of products;
receiving, at the server, a product search request from the user, the product search request including the product image information and product search condition containing characteristic information of products to be searched;
automatically recommending products to a consumer by searching the second database on the server for products by using keywords extracted from said created user adaptive avatar image and said product image information selected by the user so as to generate text search results associated with product images; and
arranging, by the server, the automatically recommended products in an order defined by relevance to the product image information of the products received from the user using the image characteristic information extracted through the text search.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of extracting user-selected product image information of products to be searched, wherein the step of providing a second user interface session includes the steps of:
(a) allowing the user to select a first virtual item of products displayed in a graphical image wherein the first virtual item of products being one selected from the group consisting of silhouette, color and pattern of products;
(b) performing coordinate conversion on size or orientation of the first virtual item of products to fit the user adaptive avatar;
(c) displaying the user adaptive avatar with the first virtual item;
(d) allowing the user to change the first virtual item with a second virtual item of different color, pattern or material;
(e) displaying the user adaptive avatar with the second virtual item; and
(f) repeating the steps (a)-(e) until the user completes fashion coordination for the product search.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of displaying the ordered search results associated with the user adaptive avatar image.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of displaying the user adaptive avatar image wearing said selected virtual graphical images of silhouette, pattern or color of products.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user adaptive avatar image represents one selected from the group consisting of gender, age, body size, face shape and hair style.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second user interface session provides categories of silhouette, pattern or color of products.
7. A method of recommending merchandise, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a server, product information from at least one seller, the product information containing characteristic information of products sold by said at least one seller;
creating and maintaining, by the server, a first database containing product image information associated with a user adaptive avatar image, the product image information including silhouette, pattern and color of products, the user adaptive avatar image representing gender, age or body size of the user;
creating and maintaining, by the server, a second database containing product information of said at least one seller, the product information including a product image, price and detailed description of the product corresponding to the product image information, the product image being associated with image characteristic information, the image characteristic information including keywords associated with the product;
providing, by an user computer, a first user interface session for allowing the user to create the user adaptive avatar image that represents gender, age or body size of the user;
receiving, at the server, a product search request from the user, the product search request including product image information and product search condition containing characteristic information of products to be searched;
providing, by the user computer, a second user interface session for allowing the user to select silhouette information of products to be searched by selecting virtual graphical images of silhouette, color and pattern of products, the silhouette information including silhouette, pattern and color of products, wherein the step of providing a second user interface session includes the steps of:
(a) allowing the user to select a first virtual item of products displayed in a graphical image wherein the first virtual item of products being one selected from the group consisting of silhouette, color and pattern of products;
(b) performing coordinate conversion on size or orientation of the first virtual item of products to fit the user adaptive avatar;
(c) displaying the user adaptive avatar with the first virtual item;
(d) allowing the user to change the first virtual item with a second virtual item of different color, pattern or material;
(e) displaying the user adaptive avatar with the second virtual item; and
(f) repeating the steps (a)-(e) until the user completes fashion coordination for the product search,
extracting, by the server, user-selected product image information of products to be searched;
automatically recommending products to a consumer by searching, by the server, the second database on the server for products by using keywords extracted from said created user adaptive avatar image and said product image information selected by the user so as to generate text search results associated with product images; and
arranging, by the server, the automatically recommended products in an order defined by relevance to the extracted product image information of the products.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising the step of displaying the ordered search results associated with the user adaptive avatar image.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising the step of displaying the user adaptive avatar image wearing said selected virtual graphical images of silhouette, pattern or color of products.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user adaptive avatar image represents one selected from the group consisting of gender, age, body size, face shape and hair style.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second user interface session provides categories of silhouette, pattern or color of products.