Graphical user interface for selection of options from option groups and methods relating to same

Abstract

A system providing a graphical user interface for the selection of options from option groups and method for implementing the same. A graphical user interface enables a user to see the results of applying virtual makeup to an image of a person's face. The interface may enable a user to select the color of the makeup to be applied through a circular region with a series of option tabs. The outer portion of the circular region, or the flywheel, may have multiple color segments. The color segments are arranged so that adjacent color segments may be perceived to be most similar. The inner portion of the circle may present the history of the colors previously chosen and may have an uncolored center circle, and a series of uncolored circles surrounding the center circle.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to three U.S. Provisional Patent Applications, all filed on Mar. 17, 2008, and all co-owned by the same assignee. These applications are entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING PERSONALIZED VIRTUAL MAKEOVERS,” Ser. No. 61 / 037,323, “GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SELECTION OF OPTIONS FROM OPTION GROUPS AND METHODS RELATING TO SAME,” Ser. No. 61 / 037,319, and “METHOD OF MONETIZING ONLINE PERSONALIZED BEAUTY PRODUCT SELECTIONS,” Ser. No. 61 / 037,314, filed 17 Mar. 2008. These provisional patent applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety into this specification.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]One or more embodiments of the invention described herein pertain to the field of computer systems. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, one or more embodiments of the invention enable the rendering of a computer graphical user interface for the...

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Benefits of technology

[0017]The visual presentation used within the graphical user interface to present color options to the user can vary depending upon which embodiment of the invention is implemented. In at least one embodiment of the invention a circular color flywheel type interface is utilized to present the color choices. The colors displayed on the color flywheel show the user what color choices are available for application to the image. The user may change the colors displayed on the color flywheel by defining or selecting a new option group. Each option group has an associated collection of colors and when the option group is active, the associated colors are displayed on the color flywheel. In the center portion of the color flywheel information about the operations and color choices already made by the user is displayed using a collection of circles. The center most circle indicates which color is active and presently applied to the associated image and the various circles surrounding this active circle depict what other colors have been or may be applied to the image. One advantage of using a color flywheel to implement one or more embodiments of the invention is that the colors on the color flywheel can be determined o

Problems solved by technology

Color selection interfaces, however, generally lack an ability to allow a user to select a color based on the availability of the color and/or the appropriateness of a color in a given situation.

Others simply provide a limited supply of colors.

These interfaces also lack the ability to allow a user to select from a wide variety of colors, which is necessary in an interface for selecting colors for transference to a photographic image.

For example, if a use

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