Patent ID: 7427995

Claim:
A system for creating an artwork, said system having: artwork creation means for creating an artwork incorporating an art object; control means for controlling the manner in which an art object can be incorporated into said artwork in accordance with a rule, wherein when said artwork creation means is creating an artwork incorporating an art object, said art object control means controls the incorporation of said art object into the artwork to ensure that it is in accordance with said rule, wherein the artwork creation means defines a template corresponding to a package and creates said artwork by incorporating art objects into said template, and wherein said template corresponds to a blank layout of the package; and rule update means for updating a rule associated with an artwork, whereafter said art object control means controls said artwork to be updated in accordance with the updated rule, wherein said system is used to create a plurality of artworks and said artworks are maintained in a artwork database, and wherein said rule update means includes a rule database and when a rule change is made to said rule database said rule update means examines said artwork database and updates artworks relating to said rule change in accordance with said rule change.