A totemic system and method operating to sell preselected goods and services proximal to a totem and simultaneously to a remote consumer of beauty products in communication with an optimized remote beauty-consultant, to stimulate the consumer to travel to the totem's location for said goods or services. The method displays transactional information and facilitates beauty product sales, comprising at least one remote offer from a beauty consumer, at least one remote response from a beauty consultant regarding appropriate products available nearby as displayed to said consultant by a content database. The method facilitates brand and store loyalty, combining software and human interaction, preferably at retail location or by closing online sales.

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for catalog item selection based on visual similarity are disclosed. A similarity detection system selects candidate items for an unavailable item in a catalog. The candidate items are selected from one or more item categories in which the unavailable item is classified. The system determines respective similarity scores for at least some of the candidate items with respect to the unavailable item. For a particular candidate item, the similarity score is determined based at least in part on a visual similarity between an image of the unavailable item and an image of the particular candidate item. The system selects, from the candidate items, a set of visually similar items to the unavailable item based at least in part on the similarity scores. The visually similar items are available to the user.

Systems and methods are provided for the generation of augmented reality (AR) content that provides a shared AR experience involving multiple users. Shared AR experiences can improve the communication and collaboration between multiple simultaneous users. According to an embodiment, AR content is generated for a first user in a shared AR experience. The AR content includes at least one of a render of a model, a virtual representation of a second user in the shared AR experience, a virtual representation of a user interaction in the shared AR experience, and spatial audio content. Modifications to a shared AR experience are also provided. These modifications may be initiated based on instructions from one user and be reflected in the AR content generated for multiple users.

Techniques for placing and manipulating multiple three-dimensional (3D) models using mobile augmented reality (AR) are described. One technique includes receiving a first request to initialize an AR simulation of a first product for sale within a physical environment. In response to the first request, a first 3D model of the first product for sale is rendered onto the screen. After rendering the first 3D model, a second request to visualize a second product for sale within the physical environment is received during the AR simulation of the first product for sale. In response to the second request, a second 3D model of the second product for sale is rendered onto the screen with the first 3D model.

This present invention relates to a system and method using a computer implemented wheel fit application for calculating/determining and displaying aftermarket wheel size and tire size for automobiles and vehicles. The computer implemented application is compatible with any smart device, including smart phones, laptops, multiple computer operating systems, and tablets. The application displays drop-down menus for a vehicle's year, make, model, and trim enabling a user to select a vehicle and as a result displays appropriate or compatible aftermarket wheel and tire sizes. The application allows users to purchase correct (i.e. compatible) sized tires and wheels and obviates returning and exchanging of incompatible sized tires and wheels.

A method and system for controlling a GUI on a user's network-connected device, the control being provided by a telephone call between the user and a speech recognition and speech synthesis system. An example of a restaurant ordering system is provided. The user calls a phone number and is guided through a verbal ordering process that includes one or more of: adding an item, deleting an item, changing quantities, changing sizes, and changing details of an item. The user's choices are added to a display so that a current status of the order is visible to the user. The GUI is updated as changes are made to the order. The GUI can also request additional information, upsell items, and show menus. The GUI aids the user in confirming that the order is correct. The system provides the final order to a restaurant for fulfillment.

Provided are a food-information inputting method and apparatus. The food-information inputting method may include operating in a photographing mode where an input guide and an input button moved along the input guide are displayed on a photographing screen; and receiving at least one piece of food information using the input guide and the input button, while operating in the photographing mode.

Techniques for integrating a product model into a user supplied image are presented herein. A method is disclosed that includes receiving an image of a user space from a user, receiving one or more definitions that describe the user space, retrieving, based on search terms provided by the user, one or more items available at a networked marketplace that fit within the definitions of the user space, and generating a composite image by overlaying an image of one of the items on the image of the user space. The method further scales the image of the item according to the definition of the user space and the physical dimensions of the item, and depicts virtual guidelines indicating a current scale of the image of the item.

Methods and systems for an augmented reality conversion system. In one aspect, A augmented reality conversion system includes a computing device including a memory storage device, the memory storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to generate and display a furnishing planner, receive inputs to select a furnishing product and one or more customizations for the furnishing product, and generate and display a machine-readable code which when scanned by an augmented reality device allows the augmented reality device to display the selected furnishing product with the one or more customizations in an augmented reality viewer.

An information processing system acquires an action history including at least one of a purchase history including an item purchased by a user and a browsing history including an item browsed by the user, selects one or more items from the plurality of items as a first item by a first selection method based on the acquired action history, selects one or more items from the plurality of items as a second item by a second selection method different from the first selection method based on the acquired action history, and adds the first item and the second item to the same list.