Patent ID: 9619835
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method comprising: generating, by at least one computing device, a network page of a view of a product catalog, the product catalog associated with a product catalog structure in a data store, wherein the product catalog structure provides one or more attributes that can be input with product information for a product entry, the one or more attributes including a product customization attribute; transmitting the network page to a client device from the at least one computing device; receiving, by the at least one computing device, a selection, via the network page, of a request to create a product customization offering for the product entry in the product catalog, wherein the product entry is associated with a product category; transmitting a network page of a product customization offering template specific to the product category responsive to receiving the request from the client device, wherein the product customization offering template is configured to enable a first user to select the product category and define the product customization offering for a product item identified by the product entry; generating, by the at least one computing device, the product customization offering from at least one option selected on the product customization offering template, the selection of the at least one option causing a customization parameter to be specified that defines at least in part the product customization offering for the product item identified by the product entry, wherein in a serial manner, a plurality of design choices is provided in defining the product customization offering via a network page having a graphical interface for the product customization offering template, wherein the product customization offering comprises one or more sets of alternative options selectable by a second user to customize the product entry; facilitating creation of a new product customization offering template for defining the product customization offering by prompting, via a template interface of the at least one computing device, the first user to select one or more parameters used in creating the new product customization offering template; and directing, by the at least one computing device, storage of the product customization offering associated with the product entry in the product catalog as the product customization attribute of the product entry.