INTERACTIVE GENERATION OF CUSTOMIZED ORDERABLE ARTICLES APPARATUS, METHODS, ARTICLES AND TOOLS
First Claim
1. A method of operation in a system to generate customized orderable articles, the system which comprises at least one processor and at least one processor-readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and at least one communications port that provides communications, the method comprising:
- for each of a plurality of items available for selection, storing item descriptive information by the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, the item descriptive information including a respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item;
for each of a plurality of items available for selection, storing a logical relationship between the respective item and the respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item by the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium;
for each of a number of articles being created,receiving a respective item specification list by the at least one processor, the respective item specification list which identifies each of a plurality of items that are part of the respective article;
storing a set of primary creator authored content for the respective article by the at least one processor to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, the set of primary creator authored content including a customized prose form narrative provided by a primary end user responsible for creation of the respective article;
generating, by the at least one processor, at least one custom salutation page;
generating, by the at least one processor, at least one custom primary creator message page includes the customized prose form narrative provided by a primary end user responsible for creation of the respective article;
generating, by the at least one processor, at least one itemization page that specifies each of the items in the respective; and
generating, by the at least one processor, at least one item description page, each of the item description pages including the respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item.
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Abstract
Articles (e.g., gift) can be created by one or more creators or participants using system supplied base or template articles, which define a container and a set of items to be held by the container. The articles, containers, and items are selectable from sets or pallets of such, which can be represented as tiles of a user interface, with user selectable icons or hyperlinks. The article can include customized tags, customized product label, and customized storybooks, including standard content and customized user specified content. Two or more creators can collaboration on an article, using various system supplied tools. Articles can be assembled and caused to be delivered to intend recipients via various fulfillment mechanisms.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of operation in a system to generate customized orderable articles, the system which comprises at least one processor and at least one processor-readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and at least one communications port that provides communications, the method comprising:
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for each of a plurality of items available for selection, storing item descriptive information by the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, the item descriptive information including a respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item; for each of a plurality of items available for selection, storing a logical relationship between the respective item and the respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item by the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium; for each of a number of articles being created, receiving a respective item specification list by the at least one processor, the respective item specification list which identifies each of a plurality of items that are part of the respective article; storing a set of primary creator authored content for the respective article by the at least one processor to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, the set of primary creator authored content including a customized prose form narrative provided by a primary end user responsible for creation of the respective article; generating, by the at least one processor, at least one custom salutation page; generating, by the at least one processor, at least one custom primary creator message page includes the customized prose form narrative provided by a primary end user responsible for creation of the respective article; generating, by the at least one processor, at least one itemization page that specifies each of the items in the respective; and generating, by the at least one processor, at least one item description page, each of the item description pages including the respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 30)
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15. A system to generate customized orderable articles, the system comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and which stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data, including; item descriptive information for each of a plurality of items available for selection, the item descriptive information including a respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item; a logical relationship between the respective item and the respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item; and for each of a number of articles being created, the at least one processor; receives a respective item specification list by the at least one processor, the respective item specification list which identifies each of a plurality of items that are part of the respective article; stores a set of primary creator authored content for the respective article by the at least one processor to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, the set of primary creator authored content including a customized prose form narrative provided by a primary end user responsible for creation of the respective article; generates at least one custom salutation page; generates at least one custom primary creator message page includes the customized prose form narrative provided by a primary end user responsible for creation of the respective article; generates at least one itemization page that specifies each of the items in the respective; and generates at least one item description page, each of the item description pages including the respective standard prose form narrative about the respective item. - View Dependent Claims (16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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