Patent ID: 8355957

Claim:
A method of personalizing an article in real-time, comprising in combination: accepting from a user a selection of an article for personalization; retrieving a model of the article selected by the user from an electronic memory; displaying the model of the selected article via a terminal; accepting at least one personalization attribute from the user, where said at least one personalization attribute includes at least one engraving attribute; modifying, via at least one processor, and displaying the model as modified based on the at least one accepted personalization attribute to illustrate engravings corresponding to the accepted engraving attributes via the terminal, wherein the model is modified in real time by said at least one processor and displayed as the at least one personalization attribute is input, thereby enabling the user to view a rendering of the personalized article prior to its creation; and displaying a price of the personalized article as the at least one personalization attribute is accepted via the terminal, thereby enabling the user to observe the price while personalizing the article in real-time.