System and method for custom product design
AssigneeVistaprint Technologies Limited
InventorsKenneth A. Walker, Jr., Vyacheslav Nykyforov
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Abstract
Computer-implemented electronic document design systems and methods allowing a user to integrate user-specific location maps into custom printed products. During the creation of an electronic design of a product intended for subsequent printing, user-provided location information is received by a server computer and used to generate a user map suitable for high quality printing. Lower resolution display and thumbnail versions of the map suitable for displaying to the user of the client system are generated.
Claims38
A computer-implemented method for use in creating an electronic design of a product intended for subsequent printing, the method comprising
- making electronic map information available to a server computer system, the map information containing information covering a relatively large geographical area and being configured to produce relatively high resolution maps,
- in response to information received from a client computer system identifying a location within the relatively large geographical area, obtaining a relatively high resolution user map from the map information, the user map covering a relatively small geographical area that includes at least the identified location,
- generating a lower resolution display map version of the user map, the display map being suitable for displaying at the client,
- transmitting the display map to the client for displaying to the user,
- receiving a description of an electronic product design from the client, the description identifying at least a portion of the display map, and
- associating the identified portion of the display map with the corresponding higher resolution map information such that when the product is printed the product design is printed using the higher resolution user map.
A computer-implemented method for use in creating an electronic design of a product intended for subsequent printing, the method comprising
- supplying information to a server computer system having access to map information covering a relatively large geographical area and configured to produce relatively high resolution maps, the supplied information identifying at least a location within the relatively large geographical area,
- receiving a display map from the server, the display map covering a relatively small geographical area that includes at least the identified location and being at a relatively low resolution suitable for displaying at the user computer,
- incorporating at least a portion of the display map into an electronic product design, and
- transmitting a description of the electronic product design to the server for subsequent printing of the product, the description identifying the incorporated portion of the display map such that the server associates the received product design with a corresponding higher resolution map at the server and uses the higher resolution map when printing the product design.
A computerized system for use in creating an electronic design of a product intended for subsequent printing, the system comprising
- one or more processors configured to make electronic map information available to a server computer system, the map information containing information covering a relatively large geographical area and being configured to produce relatively high resolution maps,
- one or more processors configured to receive information from a client computer system identifying a location within the relatively large geographical area, for obtaining a relatively high resolution user map from the map information, the user map covering a relatively small geographical area that includes at least the identified location,
- one or more processors configured to generate a lower resolution display map version of the user map, the display map being suitable for displaying at the client,
- one or more processors configured to transmit the display map to the client for displaying to the user,
- one or more processors configured to receive a description of an electronic product design from the client, the description identifying at least a portion of the display map, and
- one or more processors configured to associate the identified portion of the display map with corresponding map information such that the product design will be printed using the higher resolution version of the display map.
A computer-implemented system for use in creating an electronic design of a product intended for subsequent printing, the system comprising
- one or more processors configured to supply information to a server computer system having access to map information covering a relatively large geographical area and configured to produce relatively high resolution maps, the supplied information identifying at least a location within the relatively large geographical area,
- one or more processors configured to receive a display map from the server, the display map covering a relatively small geographical area that includes at least the identified location and being at a relatively low resolution suitable for displaying at the user computer,
- one or more processors configured to incorporate at least a portion of the display map into an electronic product design, and
- one or more processors configured to transmit a description of the electronic product design to the server for subsequent printing of the product, the description identifying the incorporated portion of the display map such that the server can associate the received product design with a corresponding higher resolution map at the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.