Patent ID: 7983964

Claim:
A method implemented on a computer system comprising one or more computers for automatically creating a design for a second customized product for a customer, the second customized product design being related to an earlier-created design of a first customized product associated with the customer, the method comprising: retaining the first customized product design and a customer account containing customer information and product information associated with the first customized product design in electronic form; retaining a plurality of content images in electronic form, one or more of which are associated with one or more search criteria; retaining an uncustomized design for a second product in electronic form, the uncustomized design having at least a first content area for content retrieved from the first customized product design and a second content area for an image retrieved from the plurality of content images retained in electronic form; automatically retrieving information from the first customized product design and inserting the retrieved information into the first content area; analyzing by the computer system the customer account information associated with the first customized product design to determine one or more search criteria for selecting a content image from the plurality of content images; and automatically selecting a content image from the plurality of content images based on the determined one or more search criteria and inserting the selected content image into the second content area such that a second product design customized for the customer is automatically created without requiring the customer to design the second product design.