Patent ID: 6892355

Claim:
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.