Patent ID: 9542069
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. 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; and 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.