Patent ID: 7222091
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: A61B,G02C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for ordering and marketing eyeglasses via a network using a user interface unit or a mobile interface, an eyeglass ordering and marketing service center, and a network connecting therebetween, the method comprising: retrieving vision test data and sending an inquiry window to the user interface unit or the mobile interface to check whether new eyeglasses may be made according to previous data of a purchaser that is a registered user, based on the vision test data, which are controlled in the user database including basic attributes which are input by the user via a basic attribute input window, the basic attributes in the user database include whether or not the purchaser is a registered user; sending an inquiry window to the user interface unit or the mobile interface for checking if a purchaser has a doctor's prescription, when it is determined that the purchaser is not a registered user by retrieving the user database; sending an inquiry window to the user interface unit or the mobile interface for checking if the purchaser is over 40 years of age, if the purchaser does not have a doctor's prescription; sending an inquiry window to the user interface unit or the mobile interface for checking if the purchaser has difficulty in viewing near distances, and sending an inquiry window to the user interface unit or the mobile interface for checking if the purchaser desires to order presbyopic eyeglasses, in case the purchaser inputs that the purchaser is aware of difficulty in viewing near distances; selecting an eyeglass frame from among a plurality of eyeglass frames for a user; creating display information related to eyeglass frames; testing vision of the user; selecting an eyeglass lens from among a plurality of eyeglass lenses for the user; prompting the users who are over 40 years of age to select either presbyopic or bifocal lenses, by judging from the viewpoint of age; processing eyeglass ordering and marketing made based on said eyeglass frame selection step, said vision test step and said lens selection step, such that vision is tested and eyeglass frames and lenses suitable therefor are determined, in response to a requirement of the user sent from the user interface unit or the mobile interface, providing the user interface unit or the mobile interface with information relating to ordering and marketing, and concluding an eyeglass purchase contract with the user; and creating display information relating to eyeglass frames in cooperation with or independently of said frame selection step or said eyeglass ordering and marketing processing step, and for transmitting the information on the eyeglass frames to the user interface unit or the mobile interface.