System and method for creating individualized product and color palettes

• US 20050149411A1
• Filed: 11/12/2004
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Colwell Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Colwell Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Colwell, Felton Thomas
• Application Number:
  US10/988,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20050149411A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system and method for creating individualized color and product palettes for fabrication and sales of window coverings. The system includes a unique product palette processor interacting with a product palette database to specify requested goods in terms of a manufacturer product design palette when an order is created using a unique product palette created for and used by a single retailer or designer.

Claims

1. A system for creating individualized color palettes for fabrication and sales of window coverings, comprising:

a) a palette database including a plurality of designated colors specified by a manufacturer and one or more unique colors associated with a respective designated color;

b) a processor for identifying several unique colors and associating the identified colors with an individualized color palette; and

c) a physical sample including the designated colors, wherein the physical sample identifies each of the designated colors by the corresponding unique color, whereby a unique color palette is created.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor receives orders including the unique color information.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor translates the unique color information from the palette database into the designated color.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor forwards the order having the designated color information to the manufacturer.

5. A method for creating individualized color palettes for use in generating customized color product orders, comprising:

a) creating a table of one or more unique color names corresponding to a color name designated by a manufacturer;

b) receiving orders including the unique color name; and

c) translating the received order to an order having the color name designated by the manufacturer.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of forwarding the order to a manufacturer.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the table is a look-up table in a computer database.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the orders are received from the internet.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the table includes a plurality of unique color names corresponding to each color name designated by a manufacturer.

10. A system for creating individualized color palettes for fabrication and sales of home products from a product palette of a manufacturer for third parties, the system comprising:

a) a palette database including a plurality of designated colors specified by the manufacturer and a unique identifier for each designated color, wherein each unique identifier is associated with a third party;

b) a processor for identifying the unique color identifiers and associating the identified unique color identifiers to a third party product palette; and

c) a physical sample for each third party, the physical sample including the unique identifiers associated with the designated colors, wherein the physical sample identifies each of the designated colors by the corresponding unique color, and whereby the third party product palette is unique.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor receives orders including the unique color information.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor translates the unique color information from the palette database into the designated color.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor forwards the order having the designated color information to the manufacturer.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the third party product palette includes fewer products than the plurality of designated colors in the palette database.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the third party product palette includes each of the plurality of designated colors in the palette database.

16. A method for generating and distributing unique aggregations of samples to individual designers, for use in generating customized color product orders, comprising:

a) creating a table of one or more unique color names corresponding to a color name designated by a manufacturer;

b) creating a physical sample utilizing the unique color names for each individual designer, wherein the physical sample identifies each of the products with the unique color names whereby each physical sample is unique;

c) receiving orders including the unique color name; and

d) translating the received order to an order having the color name designated by the manufacturer.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of forwarding the order to a manufacturer.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the table is a look-up table in a computer database.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the samples are decorating samples.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the table includes a plurality of unique color names corresponding to each color name designated by a manufacturer.