Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Alaa-Eddine Mendili

Dominick Khanh Pham

William R Hazlewood

Robert Yuji Haitani

Charles Shearer Dorner

Janet Ellen Galore

Jeff Gelfuso

Christina Nichole Durbin

Kevin Freitas

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for personalizing portable shopping displays using mobile devices and inaudible tones. Example methods may include causing a first inaudible tone to be emitted by a speaker, the first inaudible tone configured to initiate a change in a user interface at a mobile device, determining a second inaudible tone from a user device using a microphone, the second inaudible tone including a user identifier of a user, and determining a user interaction with a product at a product display. Certain example methods may include determining user preference data, and causing presentation of product information for the product using the user preference data.

Personalizing portable shopping displays using mobile devices and inaudible tones

Three-dimensional models (or avatars) may be defined based on imaging data captured from a customer. The avatars may be based on a virtual mannequin having one or more dimensions in common with the customer, a body template corresponding to the customer, or imaging data captured from the customer. The avatars are displayed on displays or in user interfaces and used for any purpose, such as to depict how clothing will appear or behave while being worn by a customer alone or with other clothing. Customers may drag-and-drop images of clothing onto the avatars. One or more of the avatars may be displayed on any display, such as a monitor or a virtual reality headset, which may depict the avatars in a static or dynamic mode. Images of avatars and clothing may be used to generate print catalogs depicting the appearance or behavior of the clothing while worn by the customer.

Virtually modeling clothing based on 3D models of customers

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for portable interactive product displays with region-specific products. Example methods may include determining a set of product identifiers of products to be positioned at an interactive display, the set of product identifiers including a first product identifier for a first product, determining a user identifier associated with a user device positioned within a distance of the interactive display, and determining a user interaction with the first product by a user of the user device. Certain methods may include determining a user interaction history for the user using the user identifier, and determining that an indication of the user interaction is to be added to the user interaction hi story.

Portable interactive product displays with region-specific products

Displaying garments on 3D models of customers

An operating area for a virtual reality system may be defined based on the positions of sensors (e.g., infrared sensors) or fiducial markings within an environment where the virtual reality system is to be operated. The sensors or the fiducial markings may be provided on an operating surface in the form of a carpet, a mat or another like floor covering. When the virtual reality system is to be calibrated prior to use, positions of the sensors or the fiducial markings may be sensed by a base station, a headset or another virtual reality system unit, and an operating area may be defined based on virtual boundaries constructed using such positions.

Defining operating areas for virtual reality systems using sensor-equipped operating surfaces

Assessing clothing style and fit using 3D models of customers

Techniques described herein include systems and methods for enhancing content consumption experiences by synchronizing one or more devices to add immersive environmental effects to an area. In embodiments, a database of device capabilities and device identifiers for a plurality of devices associated with a location may be maintained. Information may be obtained that identifies that a particular portion of content has been consumed. Metadata associated with the particular portion of content may be identified based at least in part on the information and the database. The metadata may comprise definitions for providing environmental stimuli to the location where the environmental stimuli may correspond to the particular portion of content. Environmental stimuli may be presented within the location by invoking application programming interface calls for a portion of devices of the plurality of devices based on identifying the metadata and the device identifiers for the portion of devices.

Multi-device synchronization for immersive experiences

Techniques described herein include systems and methods for transforming communications and content from one communication platform to another communication platform such that content can be shared between users utilizing different user devices. In some embodiments, a communication session may be maintained between one or more users where each user is utilizing a different user device. First input may be received from a first communication platform from a first user that is intended to be shared to the one or more users in the communication session. In embodiments, a corresponding communication platform for each user participating in the communication session may be determined based on device information provided by associated user devices of the user when providing previous communications with the communication session and content included in the first input. The first input may be transformed from the first communication platform to one or more different communication platforms.

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Alaa-Eddine Mendili