Patent ID: 8239283
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a server to allow a first user at a first computer having a first display to assist a second user at a second computer having a second display in creating a design of a product, the method comprising: presenting on the second display a first plurality of designs for viewing by the second user, each of the first plurality of designs comprising a plurality of component elements, each of the component elements having at least one corresponding attribute; while the first plurality of designs is presented on the second display for viewing by the second user, presenting on the first display the first plurality of designs and a control configured to allow the first user to input preference levels of the at least one corresponding attribute of associated component elements in the respective designs, the first user communicating with the second user to determine the preference levels based on the second user's opinion of the corresponding attributes in the respective designs; generating a second plurality of designs, the second plurality of designs each comprising component elements having corresponding attributes that are preferred in the first plurality of designs and excluding component elements having corresponding attributes that are not preferred in the first plurality of designs; and simultaneously presenting the second plurality of designs on the first display and the second display.