System and method for interactively designing and producing customized advertising banners
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented system for designing and producing customized display articles, the system comprising:
- a user interface for displaying a customizable display article having pre-composed artistic display content and customizable display content data, the user interface operable to capture and edit customized display content data for the display article from a system operator;
an applications server connected to the user interface for managing the customization of the display article;
a storage medium connected to the applications server for storing the customized display content data for the display article;
a low-resolution graphics engine connected to the applications server and to the storage medium, the low-resolution graphics engine operable to build a low resolution representation of the display article and to transmit the low resolution representation of the display article to the user interface, where the low resolution representation of the display article is in part based on customized display content data stored in the storage medium;
an output subsystem connected to the applications server for producing the customized display article; and
a high-resolution graphics engine connected to the applications server and the output subsystem, the high-resolution graphics engine operable to build a high-resolution representation of the display article and transmit the high resolution representation of the display article to the output subsystem, where the high resolution representation of the display article is in part based on customized display data stored in the storage medium.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented system is provided for designing and producing customized display articles. The system generally includes at least one user interface, an applications server, a storage medium, a low-resolution graphics engine, a high-resolution graphics engine and an output subsystem. The user interface displays a customizable display article to a customer as well as captures information relating to the customization of the display article from the customer. The storage medium stores the customized data for the display article. In operation, the applications server manages the customization of the display article. The low-resolution graphics engine builds a low resolution representation of the display article which is displayed on and used to facilitate the customization of the display article at the user interface. After the customer has customized the display article, the high-resolution graphics engine builds a high-resolution representation of the display article which is used by the output subsystem to generate the customized display article onto the appropriate medium.
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1. A computer-implemented system for designing and producing customized display articles, the system comprising:
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a user interface for displaying a customizable display article having pre-composed artistic display content and customizable display content data, the user interface operable to capture and edit customized display content data for the display article from a system operator;
an applications server connected to the user interface for managing the customization of the display article;
a storage medium connected to the applications server for storing the customized display content data for the display article;
a low-resolution graphics engine connected to the applications server and to the storage medium, the low-resolution graphics engine operable to build a low resolution representation of the display article and to transmit the low resolution representation of the display article to the user interface, where the low resolution representation of the display article is in part based on customized display content data stored in the storage medium;
an output subsystem connected to the applications server for producing the customized display article; and
a high-resolution graphics engine connected to the applications server and the output subsystem, the high-resolution graphics engine operable to build a high-resolution representation of the display article and transmit the high resolution representation of the display article to the output subsystem, where the high resolution representation of the display article is in part based on customized display data stored in the storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented system for generating customized advertising banners, comprising:
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a user interface operable to display at least one customizable banner to a system user and to capture and edit customized display content data relating to the customizable banner input by the system user, the banner having pre-composed artistic display content and customizable display content data;
a data structure for storing the customized display content data relating to the customizable banner;
a first graphics engine in data communication with the user interface and the data structure, the first graphics engine is operable to render a low resolution representation of the customizable banner and to communicate the low resolution representation of the customizable banner to the user interface, where the low resolution representation of the banner includes the customized display content data stored in the data structure;
a printing device for generating customizable banners; and
a second graphics engine in data communication with the user interface and the data structure, the second graphics engine is operable to render a high resolution representation of the customizable banner and to communicate the high resolution representation of the customizable banner to the printing device, where the high resolution representation of the banner includes the customized display content data stored in the data structure.
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11. A data record for ordering a display article, the data record embodied in a carrier wave, comprising:
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customer data that stores information about a customer that is ordering the display article;
content data that stores information about artistic content on the display article;
medium data that stores information about a medium for the display article; and
fabrication data that stores information about how to generate the display article, wherein the fabrication data includes at least one datum selected from the group consisting of hem information, grommet information, sewn in rope information, sewn in webbing information, and pole pockets information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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