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Method and system automatically to price a promotional productRelated Patent Categories: Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination, Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management Arrangement, Electronic Shopping (e.g., Remote Ordering)Method and system automatically to price a promotional product description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070192210, Method and system automatically to price a promotional product. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/930,676 filed August 14, 2001, which is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/758,648, filed Jan. 10, 2001, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application 60/176,956 filed Jan. 18, 2000, the entire content of each of the applications is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to the field of computer-generated images. Particularly, the present invention relates to the generation of composite images at a server utilizing image selections communicated via a Web browser over a network, such as the Internet. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The sale of promotional products, also called advertising specialties, has traditionally been practiced as a broker-customer relationship where a commissioned broker presents, in-person, various product lines and decoration choices to a customer. For example, a customer may call a broker in regard to promoting their company at a client appreciation golf tournament. The broker presents the customer with various products, i.e., hats, shirts, mugs, etc., that can be decorated using selected decorative technologies, i.e., embroidery, silk-screening, etc. For example, the customer may select a green polo shirt with the intention that it be decorated with company logo, graphic, name or other text or symbol be in black embroidery above the shirt pocket. The broker then facilitates the coordination among the customer, product vendor, and decorators to supply the requested customized product by the time required by the customer. [0004] Due to the large number of product manufacturers and decorators, the broker usually carries a selected product line from various manufacturers and utilizes a selected group of decorators to apply the necessary decoration to the product. The customer, therefore, is presented a limited group of products and options for decorating the product. Moreover, when choosing the product, the customer generally is looking at catalog images or samples that are blank - that is, undecorated or decorated with the design of another company. In these cases, the customer is left to imagine the appearance of the decorated product until after placing an order. Thus, typically, the customer usually does not see the final product until it arrives. Furthermore, until the product arrives, the customer must depend upon the broker to ensure the order is delivered on time and appears as was anticipated. [0005] Thus, it would be desirable for a client to be able to select a product and a decoration at their convenience over a network, for example, the Internet, and to view the appearance of the final product. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] According to the invention, there is provided a computer-implemented method to price a promotional product. A user interface is generated that facilitates input of specification information concerning the promotional product, the specification information including product information identifying a base product to be decorated and decoration manufacturing process information identifying a process whereby a decoration is applied to the base product. The specification information concerning the promotional product is received, and a price for the promotional product is automatically calculated utilizing the product information and the decoration manufacturing process information. The user interface further provides a visual representation of the promotional product having the decoration applied thereto and according to the decoration manufacturing process. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0007] The present invention is illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements and in which: [0008] FIG. 1 is a diagram of a system architecture according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0009] FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a product image processing according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0010] FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating server side processes and client side processes utilized in generating a composite image according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0011] FIG. 4 is a Web interface presented on a browser that presents product details according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0012] FIG. 5 is illustrating a product image file structure according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0013] FIG. 6 is a Web interface presented on the browser that enables selection of a decorative image according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0014] FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating a process of uploading the decorative image to a server according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0015] FIG. 8 is a Web interface presented on the browser that presents a default composite image according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0016] FIG. 9 is a Web interface presented on the browser that presents a composite image generated according to a warp ratio according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0017] FIG. 10 is a Web interface presented on the browser that enables positioning of the logo image relative to a product image according to one embodiment of the present invention; [0018] FIG. 11 is a flow diagram illustrating a process of relative positioning of the logo image; [0019] FIG. 12 is a Web interface presented on the browser that presents a quote according to one embodiment of the present invention; Continue reading about Method and system automatically to price a promotional product... 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