Method and system for facilitating product shopping

Abstract

A method and a system to facilitate finding a product (e.g., camera) and corresponding product accessories are described. A list of product combinations may be retrieved from a database. Each product combination may include a product and at least one product accessory respectively supplied from one of product suppliers and one of product accessory suppliers. The list of product combinations may be ranked based on a sum value of a product value/price ratio of the product and a product accessory value/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination. A display on a machine may cause a presentation of the list of product combinations to a user.

1 . A method, comprising:
 retrieving a list of product combinations, each product combination including a product and at least one product accessory;   ranking the list of product combinations based on a combination value of a product value/price ratio of the product and a product accessory value/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and   causing a presentation of the list of product combinations to a user via a display on a machine.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the combination value comprises a sum value of the product value/price ratio of the product and the product accessory value/price ratio of the at least one product accessory. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the product value/price ratio of the product comprises a product attribute/price ratio of the product, and wherein the product accessory value/price ratio of the at least one product accessory comprises a product accessory attribute/price ratio of the at least one product accessory. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the product value/price ratio of the product comprises a product capacity/price ratio of the product, and wherein the product accessory value/price ratio of the at least one product accessory comprises a product accessory capacity/price ratio of the at least one product accessory. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of a mode from a plurality of product operational modes; and   presenting a list of product models and a list of product accessory models based on the selection of the mode.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the mode comprises a theme mode including one of a portrait mode, a landscape mode, and a sports mode. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the list of product models comprises at least one of a list of camera models, a list of video models, and a list of audio models. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the list of product accessory models comprises at least one of a list of camera accessory models, a list of video accessory models, and a list of audio accessory models. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 receiving a selection of a product model combination, the product model combination including a product model from the list of product models and at least one product accessory model from the list of product accessory models.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the list of product combinations is retrieved from a database based on the selection of the product model combination. 
     
     
         11 . A system, comprising:
 a search engine to retrieve a list of product combinations, each product combination including a product and at least one product accessory;   a ranking module configured to rank the list of product combinations based on a combination value of a product value/price ratio of the product and a product accessory value/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and   a display on a machine to present the ranked list of product combinations to a user.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the combination value is a sum value of the product value/price ratio of the product and the product accessory value/price ratio of the at least one product accessory. 
     
     
         13 . system of  claim 11 , wherein the product is supplied from a plurality of product suppliers, and wherein the at least one product accessory is supplied from a plurality of product accessory suppliers. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a mode selection interface configured to receive a selection of a mode from a plurality of modes; and   a combination selection module to receive a selection of a product model combination based on the selection of the mode, wherein the product model combination comprises a product model from a list of product models and a product accessory model from a list of product accessory models.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the list of product combinations is retrieved based on the selection of the product model combination. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 a product model presenting interface configured to present the list of product models based on the selection of the mode; and   a product accessory model presenting interface configured to present the list of product accessory models based on the selection of the mode.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 a mode storage to store the plurality of modes;   a product model storage to store the list of product models;   a product accessory model storage to store the list of product accessory models;   a product storage to store the list of products; and   a product accessory storage to store the list of product accessories.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the product includes at least one of a camera product, a video product, and an audio product. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one product accessory includes at least one of a camera accessory, a video accessory, and an audio accessory. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
 retrieving a list of product combinations, each product combination including a product and at least one product accessory;   ranking the list of product combinations based on a combination value of a product value/price ratio of the product and a product accessory value/price ratio of the at least one product accessory in each product combination; and   causing a presentation of the list of product combinations to a user via a display on a machine.