System for generating a custom hair dye formulation

US11393276B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• L'Oreal · FR

Inventors

• Debra Rosenberg · New York, US
• Paul Gambutti · New York, US
• Christopher Hipple · New Lenox, US
• Florent Valceschini · Jersey City, US
• Richard Besen · Cupertino, US
• Guive Balooch · New York, US
• Jennifer Lee · North White Plains, US
• Joseph Kassman · Park Ridge, US
• Hugo Lavoie · Ferme-Neuve, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/32368
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system is provided for generating a custom hair dye formulation to be dispensed into a single customer container for a particular customer. The system establishes a connection with a user device of the particular customer over a network, receives a selection of a preferred type of expertise of a colorist, determines an available colorist that corresponds to the preferred type of expertise, establishes a video communication session between the particular customer and a colorist device of the determined colorist, causes display of a customer interface to the customer, causes display of a colorist interface to the colorist device, and transmits the generated custom hair dye formulation to a fill site, via the network.