Patent Document ID: 5418713
Application ID: 08102413
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for generating an item data file at a central location and using said item data file to manufacture a selected title and associated packaging material for said selected title and associated material at a remote location, said system comprising: a data capture facility for capturing a plurality of content and corresponding informational data for each of a plurality of available titles, said corresponding informational data including an associated materials manufacturing data portion; a central mass storage facility at the central location coupled to the data capture facility for storing the captured content and corresponding informational data for each of the plurality of available titles in a corresponding item data file; a central host server at the central location coupled to said central mass storage facility for retrieving and transmitting the corresponding item data file for the selected title upon receipt of a data request command for the selected title; a communications network coupled to the central host server for transmitting said data request command to the central host server; a remote server at the remote location coupled to the communications network for receiving the item data file for the selected title transmitted by the central host server over the communications network upon sending the data request command to the central host server over the communications network and for producing a corresponding bit stream data representation of said selected title and associated packaging material upon receipt of said item data file from the central host server; a manufacturing facility coupled to the remote server at the remote location for manufacturing the selected title and associated packaging materials from the bit stream data representation received from the remote server; and a selection device coupled to the remote server at the remote location for selecting the title for manufacturing at the manufacturing facility and for generating and transmitting the selection command to the remote server corresponding to the selected title, whereby selection of the title at the selection device results in the manufacture of the selected title and associated packaging material at the remote location.