System for Social Interaction around a Personal Inspirational Message Selectively Hidden in a Display Article

• US 20110145972A1
• Filed: 06/03/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wallace Greene
• Original Assignee: Wallace Greene
• Inventors: Greene, Wallace
• Application Number:
  US12/793,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145972A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/93
• CPC Class Codes: A41H 3/007 Methods of drafting or marking-out patterns using computers computer-aided design G06F30/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

A system for creating and ordering a novel personal inspirational message storage and display article, selectively displaying or sharing the message, and networking with others about stored and shared inspirational messages is disclosed. The system includes an online subsystem to select, order and pay for a message storage article and to select or create a personal inspirational message for the article. Also included is an article manufacturing subsystem to transfer the selected message to a selected area of the article on the inner side of a flexible material of which the article is made. The customer receives the hidden message article ordered and selectively displays or shares the hidden personal inspirational message with others wearing the article, and then selectably shifting the article by lifting, twitching, raising or folding or otherwise altering the wear or drape of the article to a manually sustained message sharing mode so that the message is displayed to and shared with a second person, but only while the first person sustains action to shift, lift, twitch, raise or fold or otherwise alter the wear or drape of the article into the message sharing mode. There is a community portal web page on which the customer can blog with other customers about the customer'"'"'s use of her shared inspirational messages or her observed use of the inspirational messages of others, link to conventional social media, search for other customers by name or message, or review other customers'"'"' personal inspirational messages or information about the use or sharing of those messages.

Claims

1. A system for creating and ordering a novel personal inspirational message storage article, selectively displaying or sharing the message, and networking with others about stored and shared inspirational messages, the system comprising:

a customer computer connected to a company computer through a global network for a customer to select, order and pay for, via order control, message processing and check out modules operably connected with the company computer, a message storage article and to select or create a personal inspirational message for the article, the message processing and check out modules further operably connected to an article manufacturing and shipment system computer;

the order control module operatively residing in computer readable memory operatively connected to the company computer for receiving an order of the article from the customer;

the message processing module operatively residing in computer readable memory operatively connected to the company computer for selectably creating by the customer, or selecting by the customer from among inspirational messages previously stored in operably connected databases, the personal inspirational message, and storing the selected personal inspirational message as a message data file containing character information and or image information;

the check out cart module operatively residing in computer readable memory operatively connected to the company computer for handling payment for and shipping of the ordered article;

the article manufacturing system computer operably connected with the message processing module for transferring the message data file to an image transfer module operatively residing in computer readable memory operably connected with the article manufacturing system computer for controlling transfer of the message to a selected area of the article, thus customizing the article with the selected message, the selected area of the article to which the message is transferred being on the inner side of a flexible material of which the article is made;

the shipping being ordered through the check out module by the customer and executed by the shipping system upon completion of the article by the article manufacturing system;

wherein the customer receives the hidden message article ordered and selectively displays or shares the hidden personal inspirational message with others wearing the article and then selectably shifting the article by lifting, twitching, raising or folding or otherwise altering the wear or drape of the article to a manually sustained message sharing mode so that the message is displayed to and shared with a second person, but only while the first person sustains action to shift, lift, twitch, raise or fold or otherwise alter the wear or drape of the article into the message sharing mode; and

the system further comprising a customer computer connected for communication through the global network for a customer to enter a community portal page on a website operatively residing on the computer readable memory of a company computer connected with the global network, on which page the customer can blog with other customers about the customer'"'"'s use of her shared inspirational messages or her observed use of the inspirational messages of others, link to conventional social media, search for other customers by name or message, or review other customers'"'"' personal inspirational messages or information about the use or sharing of those messages.

2. An article configurable to be worn by a first person, the article comprising:

a. a flexible material having an inner side facing the first person when the article is being worn, and an outer side facing away from the first person when the article is being worn, where the material is not a flap connected to the article and not a fold in the article;

b. a message that is disposed on the inner side of the material, facing the first person;

c. the message comprising any combination of alphanumerical characters and or other graphical elements, such as pictures or drawings;

d. two alternate wear modes selectable by the first person;

a message sharing mode, and a message secret mode;

wherein the article is selectably switchable to the message sharing mode so that the message is readily viewable by a second person, but only while the first person sustains action to shift, lift, twitch, raise or fold or otherwise alter the wear or drape of the article into the message sharing mode.

3. The article of claim 2 wherein the flexible material is a single layer of material.

4. The article of claim 2 wherein the article reverts to message secret mode and the message is not otherwise visible to the second person whenever the first person is not taking or sustaining action to shift, lift, twitch, raise or fold or otherwise alter the wear or drape of the article into the message sharing mode.

5. The article of claim 2 wherein the article is selected from the group of articles consisting of t-shirt, sweat shirt, polo shirt, jacket, sweater, and other upper torso covering attire or garments.

6. The article of claim 2 wherein the message is disposed on the article by being imprinted screened or stitched directly onto the inner side of the material.

7. The article of claim 2 wherein the message is disposed on the article as an add-on piece or patch by being connected to the inner side of the material, either removably or permanently.

8. The article of claim 7 wherein the message is stitched or printed onto a patch, and the patch is either glued or sewn to the material.

9. The article of claim 7 wherein the message is stitched or printed onto a patch, and the patch is removably connected to the material with a removable fastener such as hook-and-loop, snaps, buttons, magnets or the like.

10. The article of claim 2 wherein the message is disposed on an edge or hem or waistband of the article.

11. The article of claim 2 further comprising a machine readable data tag, such as an RFID chip or a bar code, wherein the data tag may be separate from or integrated into the message.

12. A method of storing, displaying and sharing a hidden, selectably sharable, personal message, the method comprising the steps of;

a. disposing on an inner side of a flexible material of an article configurable to be worn by a first person, the personal message so that it is hidden from view on the inner side of the material in a message secret wear mode;

b. the first person wearing the article in message secret mode;

c. the first person selectably shifting the article by lifting, twitching, raising or folding or otherwise altering the wear or drape of the article on the first person to a manually sustained message sharing mode so that the message is displayed to and shared with a second person, but only while the first person sustains action to shift, lift, twitch, raise or fold or otherwise alter the wear or drape of the article into the message sharing mode; and

d. the first person manually releases the article so that it returns to the message secret mode.

13. The method of claim 12, the method further comprising within steps c and d the step of boldly striking a gesture or pose suitable to the personal message, as a part of the manual action to shift, lift, twitch, raise or fold or otherwise alter the wear or drape of the article into the message sharing mode and then release it.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the article further comprises a personal data tag, and the data tag is in close proximity to the personal message.

15. A method of sharing selected personal data by a first person with a selected second person, the method comprising the steps of:

a. disposing on an inner side of a flexible material of an article configurable to be worn by a first person, a personal data tag so that it is hidden from view on the inner side of the material in a message secret wear mode;

b. the first person wearing the article in message secret mode;

c. the first person selectably shifting the article by lifting, twitching, raising or folding or otherwise altering the wear or drape of the article on the first person to a manually sustained data sharing mode and inviting the second person to scan the tag, thus exposing the personal data tag to the second person for scanning, but only while the first person sustains action to shift, lift, twitch, raise or fold or otherwise alter the wear or drape of the article into the data sharing mode;

d. the second person scanning the personal data tag with a capture device to capture from the data tag a personal data tag code; and

e. the first person manually releasing the article so that it returns to the message secret mode.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the capture device is an asynchronous device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the capture device is an asynchronous device, the asynchronous device is a digital camera, the personal data tag is a bar code, and the capture device stores for later manipulation and transmission a digital image of the bar code, further comprising the steps of communicating the stored personal data tag code to a remote database comprising personal data of the first person in coded relationship with the personal data tag code, and receiving from the remote database the personal data of the first person, and storing that personal data in a database of contact information controlled by the second person.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the personal data tag is an RFID tag, the capture device is an RFID scan-enabled device, the device having an on-board database of contact information, and further comprising the steps of:

f. the device communicating the personal data tag code to a remote database comprising personal data of the first person in coded relationship with the personal data tag code; and

g. the device receiving from the remote database the personal data of the first person, and storing that personal data in the on-board database of contact information.

19. The method of claim 15, the method further comprising, in step c where the first person invites the second person to scan the tag, the first person making such invitation with the words, “

tag me”

.

20. The method of claim 15, the method further comprising, within step c, the step of boldly striking a gesture or pose, as a part of the manual action to shift, lift, twitch, raise or fold or otherwise alter the wear or drape of the article into the data sharing mode.