Patent ID: 8346621

Claim:
A method in which a supplier customizes an absorbent paper product and customizes a packaging for the absorbent paper product for a consumer, the method comprising the supplier: receiving one or more graphic designs from the consumer via a communications network; identifying to the consumer a plurality of product designs for the absorbent paper product; receiving from the consumer via a communications network a selected product design from the identified plurality of product designs; based on the received selected product design, selecting, for identification to the consumer, a plurality of package designs pre-designated as visually coordinating with the selected product design, wherein the plurality of package designs is for the packaging of the absorbent paper product; receiving from the consumer via the communications network a selected package design from the plurality of package designs pre-designated as visually coordinating with the selected product design, wherein the selected package design and/or the selected product design include at least one of the one or more graphic designs; providing the selected product design and the selected package design to a production machine coupled to the communications network and configured to receive the selected product design and the selected package design provided by the consumer via the communications network, said production machine configured to incorporate the selected product design into the absorbent paper product to create a custom absorbent paper product and configured to incorporate the selected package design into packaging for the custom absorbent paper product; producing by the production machine the custom absorbent paper product embodying the selected product design and having the packaging embodying the selected package design, wherein the custom absorbent paper product is at least one of a facial tissue, a toilet tissue, a paper towel, a napkin, and a baby wipe product; and providing to said consumer the custom absorbent paper product embodying the selected product design and having the packaging embodying the selected package design.