Display card for custom-manufactured item and method
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsPaul L. Tiffany, Jones S. Kirk
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Abstract
A system and method allows a consumer to custom-order an item, such as footwear. The system is capable of accepting a designation for the design of the item by a consumer wherein the item is custom-manufactured according to designation of a characteristic made by the consumer. A display card is associated with the system and has a card member having indicia thereon. The indicia correspond to the designation of the characteristic provided by the consumer.
Claims44
A method of creating a custom-manufactured item, comprising the steps of:
- providing a user with one or more design characteristics for the item to be custom-manufactured;
- receiving an input from the user that includes information relating to one or more design characteristics for the item that are selected by the user;
- creating a card imprinted with indicia and/or having electronic information embedded within the card that corresponds to the user's selected design characteristics;
- providing a system for communicating with the card and receiving information relating to the indicia and/or the electronic information;
- instructing a manufacturer to manufacture the item based at least in part on the information relating to the indicia and/or the electronic information.
A custom-design tool, comprising:
- a card;
- at least one unique identifier associated with the card;
- indicia corresponding to at least one customized characteristic of an item, wherein the information relating to the indicia is electronically embedded on the card or imprinted on the card.
A system for custom-manufacturing items, comprising:
- a computer interface for receiving design input from a customer;
- a memory including a data store for storing information relating to at least the design input;
- a processor for evaluating the information relating to the design input and determining a custom-manufactured item based at least in part on the design input;
- and
- a card creating machine for creating a card that has the design input imprinted on the card and/or electronically embedded within the card.
A custom-manufactured design card created by the steps of:
- providing a plurality of items for custom manufacture;
- providing a plurality of design characteristics for each item;
- creating an electronic profile containing information relating to a custom-manufactured item, wherein the custom-manufactured item includes at least one of the design characteristics and a unique identifier corresponding to a customer;
- wherein a card-creating machine creates the custom-manufactured design card by imprinting and/or embedding the information relating to the design characteristics of the custom-manufactured item on a blank design card.
A system for custom-manufacturing an item that is capable of accepting a designation of a characteristic for the design of the item by a consumer wherein the item is custom-manufactured according to designation of the characteristic made by the consumer, a display card associated with the system, the display card comprising:
- a card member having indicia thereon, the indicia corresponding to the designation of the characteristic provided by the consumer.
A method of providing a display card relating to an item designed to be custom-manufactured, the display card comprising:
- providing a customer with a choice of different items to be custom-manufactured;
- registering a selection by the customer of one of the items for custom manufacturing;
- accepting designations provided by the consumer of characteristics for the item to be manufactured;
- and
- printing a card member having indicia thereon, the indicia corresponding to the designations of the characteristics provided by the consumer wherein the card member contains a pictorial representation of the item to be custom-manufactured and having the characteristics as designated by the consumer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.