Patent ID: 8768786

Claim:
A method for managing a consumer representation, comprising: receiving, by at least one computer system, a consumer subscription for a consumer to monitor a plurality of online merchandise vendors; monitoring, by the at least one computer system, a separate inventory of merchandise items of each of the plurality of online merchandise vendors; detecting, by the at least one computer system, a plurality of new separate merchandise items added by at least one of the online merchandise vendors to a current inventory of merchandise items; accessing, by the at least one computer system, a consumer representation of the consumer specified by a selection of sizing measurements, wherein the selection of sizing measurements further comprises a plurality of separate size measurements for at least one section of the consumer representation detected in a separate position from among a plurality of positions representing at least one type of movement and a range of motion detected for the at least one type of movement, wherein each separate size measurement is a different value based on a shape and measurement of the at least one section of the consumer representation in the separate position; selecting, by the at least one computer system, at least one particular merchandise item from among the plurality of new separate merchandise items each with a separate set of merchandise characteristics of a size selected to fit the selection of sizing measurements, wherein the separate set of merchandise characteristics comprises a three dimensional model of the dimensions and construction of a merchandise item that models the response of the merchandise item to the at least one type of movement and to the plurality of separate size measurements; and generating, by the at least one computer system, an email communication to deliver to the consumer from which a rendering of the selected at least one particular merchandise item on the consumer representation according to the separate set of merchandise characteristics as applied to the selection of sizing measurements is accessible to the consumer, wherein the rendering comprises the selected at least one particular merchandise item on each rendered frame of a three dimensional model of the consumer representation according to the separate set of merchandise characteristics as applied to the selection of sizing measurements according to each separate position reflected in each rendered frame for the at least one type of movement, wherein a display of the rendered three dimensional model shows a realistic image of the consumer appearance reflecting the range of movement for the at least one type of movement through each of the plurality of positions as captured in a video stream for the consumer representation and wearing the particular merchandise item.