Patent ID: 8392279
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An ordering system for printed products, comprising: a selection module to generate a user interface for a computer to allow a user to define a printed product from a selection of articles presented to the user through the computer, wherein a printed product comprises at least one product component, wherein each of the at least one product component is defined by exactly one combination of values for a set of parameters; and an article database, that includes each of the articles presented to the user, wherein each possible value for each of the parameters is stored as an article in the article database, and each product component is defined by exactly one combination of values for each of the parameters; wherein the selection module, through the user interface, allows the user to further define the printed product through an additional selection from the selection of articles, and wherein the article database includes a list of impossible pairings of the articles to restrict the selection of additional articles based on the list after an article is selected.