System and method for creating on-demand products
AssigneeMiFaktory Ltd
InventorsBrennan Mulligan, Oleksandr Zadorozhnyy, David Triebwasser, Peter Stromberg
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Abstract
A method of creating three-dimensional products customized with user-selected images is described. The method includes storing definitions of products comprising components, receiving indication of selection by a user of a product, receiving indication of selection by a user of at least one image for printing on the product, receiving information regarding placement of the selected image on components of the product, preparing a two-dimensional representation of the components of the product with the image arranged thereon, and causing the printing of the two-dimensional representation on a material.
Claims24
A method of creating a product with a printed graphic image thereon comprising:
- storing, by a server system, definitions of a plurality of products, each product being composed of a plurality of components which are initially physically separate parts of the product that are subsequently joined together to form the product;
- receiving, over a network, indication of selection by a user of a first product from the plurality of products;
- receiving, over a network, indication of selection by a user of a graphic image for printing on the selected first product;
- receiving, over a network, information regarding placement of the selected graphic image on individually selected components of the selected first product,
- wherein the placement allows for the graphic image to span across and be printed on the individually selected components of the selected first product, the information received over the network including each of the individually selected components that the graphic image is desired to span across and be printed on;
- preparing, by the server system, a two-dimensional representation of the components of the first product with the selected graphic image arranged on the individually selected components;
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- causing the printing on a material of the two-dimensional representation of the components of the first product with the selected graphic image arranged on the individually selected components.
A system for manufacturing a customized product, the system comprising:
- a print system for printing a two-dimensional graphic image on a material;
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- a server system configured to:
- store definitions of a plurality of products, each product being composed of a plurality of components which are initially physically separate parts of the product that are subsequently joined together to form the product;
- receive, over a network, indication of selection by a user of a first product from the plurality of products;
- receive, over a network, indication of selection by a user of a graphic image for printing on the selected first product;
- receive, over a network, information regarding placement of the selected graphic image on individually selected components of the selected first product,
- wherein the placement allows for the graphic image to span across and be printed on the individually selected components of the selected first product, the information received over the network including each of the individually selected components that the graphic image is desired to span across and be printed on;
- prepare a two-dimensional representation of the components of the first product with the selected graphic image arranged on the individually selected components;
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- cause the printing on the material of the two-dimensional representation of the components of the first product with the selected graphic image arranged on the individually selected components on the print system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.