Patent application EP16305334A (EP), filed 2016-03-23
Publication number: EP3223068A1
Title: METHOD OF MANAGING PERSONALIZATION DATA RELATED TO SPECTACLES OR TO A WEARER THEREOF
Abstract: A method of managing personalization data (PD) related to a wearer (WEA) of spectacles (SP) and/or to said spectacles (SP), said spectacles (SP) comprising a frame (FR) and spectacles lenses (LEN) carried by said frame.  The method comprises: - storing at least part of said personalization data (PD) in a data support (DS) for subsequent retrieval, - adding the data support (DS) to said spectacles (SP) or to an item (IT) associated to said spectacles to be carried by said wearer along with said spectacles (SP).
IPC codes: G02C  11/    00            A I
G06Q  30/    00            A I
G09F   3/    00            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method of managing personalization data (PD) related to a wearer (WEA) of spectacles (SP) and/or to said spectacles (SP), said spectacles (SP) comprising a frame (FR) and spectacles lenses (LEN) carried by said frame, wherein said method comprises:
number: 2
text: The method according to claim 1, wherein the data support (DS) is added to the spectacle frame (FR).
number: 3
text: The method according to claim 1, wherein the data support (DS) is added to said item (IT) associated to the spectacles, said item being a spectacle case (SC) or a spectacle cloth (SCL).
number: 4
text: The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the personalization data (PD) comprise first data (PD1) stored in a database (DB), said first data comprising an identifier (ID<PD> ) for identifying said first data (PD1), said at least part of said personalization data stored in the data support comprising a value of said identifier for retrieving the first data using said value of the identifier.
number: 5
text: The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the data support (DS) is added to the spectacles (SP) or to said item (IT) prior to storing the at least part of said personalization data in the data support.
number: 6
text: The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the data support (DS) is added to the spectacles or to said item after storing the at least part of said personalization data (PD) in the data support.
number: 7
text: The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the data support comprises a data storage component (DSC) defining a graphic pattern representative of said at least part of said personalization data stored in the data support (DS).
number: 8
text: The method according to claim 7, wherein the graphic pattern is in the form of a barcode.
number: 9
text: A method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the data support comprises a wireless communication device (WCD).
number: 10
text: The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein adding the data support to said spectacles or to the item associated to said spectacles comprises removably attaching the data support to said spectacles or to said item.
number: 11
text: A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the personalization data comprises one or more of: medical data (MHD) representative of a medical history of the wearer, contact data (CD) for contacting the wearer, morphology data representative of morphological features of the wearer's head, visual data (VD) representative of a visual behavior of the wearer, and equipment data (ED) representative of properties of the lenses of the spectacles of the wearer.
number: 12
text: A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the method further comprises accessing (S4) the personalization data (PD), and wherein accessing the personalization data is carried out using at least one of a plurality of access levels to each of which are associated corresponding personalization data access rights.
number: 13
text: Spectacles comprising a spectacle frame and lenses carried by said frame, said spectacle frame being destined for the implementation of the method according to any one of the preceding claims, said spectacles comprising a data support (DS) for storing at least part of personalization data related to a wearer of said spectacles and/or to said spectacles.
number: 14
text: An item associated to spectacles belonging to a wearer, said item being destined to be carried by said a wearer along with said spectacles, said item comprising a data support for storing at least part of personalization data related to a wearer of said spectacles and/or to said spectacles.
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-09-27
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2013169924A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2006232426A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2013169924
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US2006232426
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2017-09-27)