Patent ID: 8261195

Claim:
A method of customizing a cover for a surface of a mobile electronic device, the mobile electronic device having a display screen, the method to occur post manufacturing of the mobile electronic device, the method comprising: at a server, providing an interactive web-based customization tool to a client through a network, the interactive web-based customization tool configured to allow a user at the client to: display a template associated with a user selected mobile electronic device selected by the user from a plurality of different mobile electronic devices, the template corresponding to dimensions of the surface of the user selected mobile electronic device and including one or more than one section, each section defining an opening of the cover or a transparent part of the cover; and create an image on the template based on a user-provided photographic image, user-provided image positioning and user-provided image sizing to produce a customized cover, and printing or manufacturing the customized cover post manufacturing by a party other than the manufacturer of the mobile electronic device, such that the image does not cover the opening of the cover or the transparent part of the cover.