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.
Claims47
A method of customization for an article, comprising:
- receiving information related to a first selected graphic;
- receiving information related to a second selected graphic;
- generating a morphed graphic based on information about the first selected graphic and the second selected graphic;
- and
- providing a customized article including the morphed graphic.
A method of customization for an article, comprising:
- receiving information related to a first selected graphic;
- receiving information related to a second selected graphic;
- receiving a user selected value;
- generating a morphed graphic using information from the first selected graphic and the second selected graphic according to the user selected value;
- and
- providing a customized article including the morphed graphic.
The method according to 11, wherein a graphical interface system is provided.
A method of customization for an article, comprising:
- receiving a user selected customized graphic;
- determining if a limit for the customized graphic has been reached;
- allowing the user selected customized graphic to be applied to an article if the limit has not been reached;
- and
- preventing the user selected customized graphic from being applied to an article if the limit has been reached.
A method of customization for an article, comprising:
- receiving information related to a first selected graphic;
- receiving information related to a second selected graphic;
- generating a plurality of morphed graphics using information from the first selected graphic and the second selected graphic;
- receiving a user selected graphic from plurality of morphed graphics;
- and
- providing a customized article including the user selected morphed graphic.
A method for customization of an article, comprising:
- receiving a user customized graphic;
- receiving a user availability preference associated with the user customized graphic;
- determining if the user wants to share the user customized graphic;
- allowing the customized graphic to be used by at least one other customer when the user wants to share the customized graphic;
- and
- otherwise preventing the customized graphic to be used by any other customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.