Customized design for an article of footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsDavid J. Dirsa, Clifford B. Gerber, Petre Gheorghian, E. Scott Morris
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Abstract
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a customer with a pre-selected set of graphics, allowing a customer to choose a set of input graphics, and generating a set of morphed graphics based on a set of input graphics. The user can select a morphed graphic and apply it to an article. The method may further include the step of limiting the number of times a customized graphic may be selected and applied to an article.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a graphical interface system, a user selection of a customized graphic;
- determining, by the graphical interface system, whether the customized graphic is associated with a customized graphic limit;
- querying, by the graphical interface system, a database to retrieve the customized graphic limit;
- determining, by the graphical interface system, whether the customized graphic limit has been reached;
- and
- responsive to a determination by the graphical interface system that the customized graphic limit has been reached, outputting, by the graphical interface system, a prompt to select a different customized graphic.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- receive, by a graphical interface system, a user selection of a customized graphic;
- determine, by the graphical interface system, whether the customized graphic is associated with a customized graphic limit;
- query, by the graphical interface system, a database to retrieve the customized graphic limit;
- determine, by the graphical interface system, whether the customized graphic limit has been reached;
- and
- responsive to a determination by the graphical-interface system that the customized graphic limit has been reached, output, by the graphical interface system, a prompt to select a different customized graphic.
One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive, by a graphical interface system, a user selection of a customized graphic;
- determine, by the graphical interface system, whether the customized graphic is associated with a customized graphic limit;
- query, by the graphical interface system, a database to retrieve the customized graphic limit;
- determine, by the graphical interface system, whether the customized graphic limit has been reached;
- and
- responsive to a determination by the graphical interface system that the customized graphic limit has been reached, output, by the graphical interface system, a prompt to select a different customized graphic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.