Abstract:
A system is disclosed for assisting a person in selecting clothing and accessory outfits for various situations. A plurality of card members display various reference characters having sample clothing outfit combinations and a plurality of accessory options are provided. A website extension is available to increase a user&#39;s access to updated fashion information regarding accessory option combinations as well as cost and source information from where to procure the options.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    This patent application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/765,782 entitled “Outfit Creation Card System” to Aisha TaTanisha Jones filed on Feb. 17, 2013, the contents of which are fully incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes to the extent not inconsistent with the present patent application (ATTY. DOCKET NO. AJ-001-Prov). 
     
    
     BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    1. Field 
         [0003]    The present disclosure generally relates to personal fashion decisions, and more particularly, to a system for coordinating outfits. 
         [0004]    2. Related Art 
         [0005]    Clothing choices impact our daily lives in both personal and professional settings. Judgments are regularly based on how people appear in public. A man dressed in a suit commands more trust and authority than a man dressed in thread-bare, shoddy clothing. 
         [0006]    A well-chosen outfit can project a particular image, impacting the outcome of various situations, such as for example job interviews, professional presentations, and romantic encounters. Dressing well for women is increased in complexity as that requires mixing and matching appropriate pieces of clothing, jewelry, purse, and shoes for those various situations. 
         [0007]    Self-esteem is often tied to the way other people perceive us. When we are complimented on our clothing choices, we feel good. This boosts confidence and improves self-perception. A short person appears taller when they wear vertical stripes in their clothing. An overweight person appears slimmer in certain kinds of clothing options, such as darker colors. 
         [0008]    What a person wears reflects a personality unique to that individual. Fashion preferences also have psychological implications as they divulge a part of the person. In many instances, a person balances cultural expectations and personal taste in choosing an outfit. 
         [0009]    Making fashion choices to accentuate a particular body type or social situation can be vital to a successful experience, in either personal or professional situations. In some situations, a woman may wish to appear particularly alluring to a potential mate, but the same woman may wish to appear less alluring and more professional, depending on the circumstances. With all the choices available in the modern fashion world, it is challenging to properly select a combination of clothing and accessories for specific occasions. 
         [0010]    Putting together an appropriate outfit can be an intimidating task because of requirements, such as time, money, effort, and a knowledge of fashion to devote to aligning fashion trends with personal taste and budget constraints. While hiring a fashion consultant is an attractive alternative, such an endeavor is an expensive option and such a consultant will not always be available when a person needs to decide what outfit to put together for every occasion. 
         [0011]    As described above it is a challenging but important task to select a proper clothing outfit for various occasions, for which the outcome can be important to a person, such as obtaining a job, or making the desired impact on a potential romantic partner. The present teachings solve these problems, as will now be described. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0012]    In one embodiment, a system for identifying a target outfit combination for a user is disclosed. The system for identifying a target outfit combination for a user generally comprises a plurality of card members, an illustrated reference character, a narrative element, a plurality of ingredients, and a plurality of options. 
         [0013]    In one embodiment, a system for determining an outfit is disclosed. The system for determining an outfit generally comprises a roulette card, a plurality of columns, a plurality of different randomized numbers, a plurality of rows, and using a current day of a current month. 
         [0014]    In one embodiment, a system for optimizing clothing outfits for a user is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of card members having an authentication credential and a website extension. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0015]    Embodiments of the present disclosure will be more readily understood by reference to the following figures, in which like reference numbers and designations indicate like elements. 
           [0016]      FIG. 1   a  illustrates a front side of a card system, according to one embodiment of the present teachings. 
           [0017]      FIG. 1   b  illustrates a rear side of a card system, according to one embodiment of the present teachings. 
           [0018]      FIG. 2   a  illustrates a side of a card system, according to another embodiment of the present teachings. 
           [0019]      FIG. 2   b  illustrates a side of a card system, according to another embodiment of the present teachings. 
           [0020]      FIG. 3  illustrates a card system and a website extension, according to another embodiment of the present teachings. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Overview 
       [0021]    The present teachings disclose a system for optimizing choosing outfits for a user. The present disclosure overcomes a myriad of limitations due to, for example, lack of fashion sense, time and cost associated with dressing fashionably and appropriately for various situations. The present teachings describe how outfits for different occasions are recommended. 
         [0022]    Referring now to  FIG. 1   a  and  FIG. 1   b , one embodiment of a system for identifying a target outfit combination for a user is disclosed. The system generally comprises a plurality of card members  100 , having a front card side  100   a  and a rear card side  100   b , displaying an illustrated reference character  104 , a narrative element  110 , providing a plurality of ingredients  112 , and providing a plurality of options  116 . It will be appreciated that the present disclosure uses the reference numeral  100  to refer generally to the plurality of card members  100 , having the front card side  100   a  and the rear card side  100   b.    
         [0023]    In one embodiment, the front card side  100   a  displays an illustrated reference character  104  with a name  106  for the illustrated reference character  104 , and a collection section  108  defining a year and season for which the illustrated reference character&#39;s  104  outfit is fashionably relevant. In the illustrative exemplary embodiment shown in  FIG. 1   a , the illustrated reference character  104  is dressed in a particular assortment of clothing having a skirt and a blouse, which may be appropriate for a specific social setting, such as for example work or personal situations. It will be appreciated that other ones of the plurality of card members  100  comprise different reference characters having other variations of clothing options, such as for example pants and a blouse (not shown). A user may need to determine an outfit to wear to a job interview, to work, for a date, or to the opera, but not know how to put together a proper ensemble of clothing and accessories. Employing the present teachings, the user can readily search through different ones of the plurality of card members  100  to discover a particular outfit they may desire to wear. 
         [0024]    In one embodiment, the rear card side  100   b  comprises a narrative element  110 , a plurality of ingredients  112 , a plurality of options  114 , and a tip element  116 . The narrative element  110  describes a setting that defines a social scope, such as for example a formal work setting when interaction with an employer is required or, alternatively a jovial atmosphere at a party. The plurality of ingredients  112  substantially corresponds to the plurality of clothing elements worn by the illustrated reference character  104 . The plurality of options  114  is adapted to provide further variable attribute combinations for the plurality of clothing elements, such as, inter alia, an accessory such as a hand bag, jacket suggestion, necklace, fabric suggestion, pattern, color, seasonal variation such as a turtleneck, or color or style of high heel. The plurality of options  114  may further provide a list of situations matched with a suggested piece or pieces of clothing. For example, a “Casual and Cool” situation is matched with a suggested piece of clothing of a denim blouse. In one embodiment, the tip element  116  provides a more specific recommendation to further enhance the fashionability of the piece of clothing. An example under the tip element  116  is to wear a blouse with a ¾ sleeve length to show some wrist. Other examples of the tip element  116  include suggestions for different body types. 
         [0025]    Referring now to  FIG. 2   a  and  FIG. 2   b , a system for determining an outfit is disclosed. The system for determining an outfit comprises a step of providing a roulette card  200   a  or  200   b,  having at least one setting defining a social scope, such as for example “work” or “play”. In one embodiment, a roulette card  200   a  comprises a first column  210  having a plurality of cells, wherein each cell corresponds to a day of a week. A second column  202  has a plurality of cells, which are titled “Even Numbered Days”, which relate to even numbered days of a month. A third column  206  has a plurality of cells, which are titled “Odd Numbered Days” which relate to odd numbered days of the month. A plurality of randomized numbers  208  are disposed within the plurality of cells of both the second column  202  and the third column  206 . 
         [0026]    A user determines what calendar day of the month it is and employs the present teachings to determine an outfit to wear. In this exemplary embodiment, for work, if it is a Tuesday and an odd numbered day of the month, the randomized number  208  would be “ 8 ”, as illustrated in  FIG. 2   a . The specific randomized number corresponds to a particular reference character dressed in a certain manner as described above. Therefore, the user has randomly selected an appropriate outfit for the particular setting and social scope. 
         [0027]    Referring now to  FIG. 3 , in one embodiment a system for optimizing clothing outfits  300  for a user is disclosed. The system for optimizing clothing outfits  300  generally comprises a plurality of card members  302  and a website extension comprising a computer network  306  and an electronic device  304  for accessing information on the computer network  306 . The plurality of card members  302  is adapted to display a static content as described in the above embodiments (e.g., ingredients, options), but additionally comprises an authentication credential associated therewith. The authentication credential allows the user to authenticate themselves to the computer network  306  to access additional information through the electronic device  304 . The additional information contained on the computer network  306  corresponds to updated material correlated to the static content on the plurality of card members  302 . For example, the static content on one of the plurality of card members  302  may display a kind of high heel, jacket or necklace. The updated material accessible through the computer network  306  may contain current, seasonal variations for different styles or colors of high heels, jackets or necklaces. Additionally, the static content listed on the plurality of card members  302  are listed in text, whereas the website extension provides visual representations of the various combinations for the options. Also, the website extension uses hyperlinks, such that the user may simply click on a particular option combination to take the user to a website where an item may be purchased, or other combinations examined. In one embodiment, a flip-book element is adapted to allow the user to readily scroll through a plurality of combinations of options. 
         [0028]    Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present teachings may be practiced with other system configurations, including hand-held devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PC&#39;s, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like. The present teachings may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices. 
         [0029]    The foregoing description illustrates exemplary implementations, and novel features, of aspects of the system for optimizing clothing outfits for a user. Alternative implementations are suggested, but it is impractical to list all alternative implementations of the present teachings. Therefore, the scope of the presented disclosure should be determined only by reference to the appended claims, and should not be limited by features illustrated in the foregoing description except insofar as such limitation is recited in an appended claim. 
         [0030]    While the above description has pointed out novel features of the present disclosure as applied to various embodiments, the skilled person will understand that various omissions, substitutions, permutations, and changes in the form and details of the present teachings illustrated may be made without departing from the scope of the present teachings. 
         [0031]    Each practical and novel combination of the elements and alternatives described hereinabove, and each practical combination of equivalents to such elements, is contemplated as an embodiment of the present teachings. Because many more element combinations are contemplated as embodiments of the present teachings than can reasonably be explicitly enumerated herein, the scope of the present teachings is properly defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All variations coming within the meaning and range of equivalency of the various claim elements are embraced within the scope of the corresponding claim. Each claim set forth below is intended to encompass any apparatus or method that differs only insubstantially from the literal language of such claim, as long as such apparatus or method is not, in fact, an embodiment of the prior art. To this end, each described element in each claim should be construed as broadly as possible, and moreover should be understood to encompass any equivalent to such element insofar as possible without also encompassing the prior art. Furthermore, to the extent that the term “includes” is used in either the detailed description or the claims, such term is intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term “comprising.”