Patent ID: 7047207

Claim:
A method for preparing customized product packaging by varying images appearing on packages of products, said method comprising: a. selecting a period of time over which the average consumer will have a selected probability of not seeing an image repeated, b. determining the average number of packages purchased or used by the average consumer over said selected period of time, c. determining by statistical or probability methods a size of a group of different images to be placed on the group of packages that is necessary to attain the selected probability that the average consumer will not see an image repeated over said selected period of time, the size of said group of different images being a function of the average number of packages determined in step (b), d. selecting different images equal in number to size of the group of different images determined in step (c); and e. preparing the group of packages by placing one image randomly selected from the group of different images on one package, and continuing by placing another image randomly selected from the group of different images on another package, and further continuing likewise until the size of package determined in step (c) is complete.