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AssigneeCitizen Watch Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Ikeda, Hayao Kano, Hachiro Kushida, Kenji Hanai, Akihiro Hori, Eiichi Sakita, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, Kouichi Suga, Mamoru Sano, Kaoru Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Harasaki, Shiro Hisada
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The present invention provides a design-for-product creating system and a design-for-product processing system. In the design-for-product creating system, a product vendor provides a user with a product design program, which enables the user to view virtual products that are graphics expressing designs created by the product vendor, and virtual part data representing virtual parts that constitute each virtual product. The user downloads the product design program and digital part data into his/her own computer, uniquely designs a product or part in a desired manner, and asks the product vendor over the Internet or the like to manufacture a product or part of the unique design. The product vendor in turn manufactures a product or part according to the desired unique design for a product or part provided by the user, and supplies the product or part of the unique design to the user. In the design-for-product processing system, the product vendor prompts the user to determine whether he/she will place an order for a product or part of the unique design created using the design-for-product creating system, whether he/she will have the product or part of the unique design sold on commission by the product vendor, or whether he/she will have the product or part of the unique design auctioned by the product vendor. The user can select at least one of the options.
A design-for-product creating system having a plurality of users connected to a product vendor over an information communicating means, manufacturing a product according to each user-desired design for a product, and supplying the product to the user, said design-for-product creating system comprising:
A design-for-wristwatch creating system having a plurality of users connected to a watch vendor over an information communicating means, manufacturing a wristwatch according to each user-desired design for a wristwatch, and supplying the wristwatch to the user, said design-for-wristwatch creating system comprising:
A design-for-product creating method according to which a plurality of users is connected to a product vendor over an information communicating means, and a product is manufactured based on each user-desired design for a product, and supplied to the user, said design-for-product creating method comprising:
A design-for-wristwatch creating method according to which a plurality of users is connected to a watch vendor over an information communicating means, and a wristwatch is manufactured based on a user-desired design for a wristwatch and supplied to the user, said design-for-wristwatch creating method comprising:
A storage medium containing a program according to which a computer implements a design-for-product creating method according to which a plurality of users is connected to a product vendor over an information communicating means, a product is manufactured based on each user-desired design for a product and supplied to the user, said design-for-product creating method comprising:
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