Commodity design creating and processing system

• Main Authors: KANO HAYAO, YAMAUCHI KAORU, HISADA SHIRO, HARASAKI HIROYUKI, ISHIKAWA HIROYUKI, SANO MAMORU, HANAI KENJI, KUSHIDA HACHIRO, SAKITA EIICHI, IKEDA KENJI, HORI AKIHIRO, SUGA KOUICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.06.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

The present invention provides a design-for-product creating system and a design-for-product processing system. In the design-for-product creating system, a product vendor provides a user with a product design program, which enables the user to view virtual products that are graphics expressing designs created by the product vendor, and virtual part data representing virtual parts that constitute each virtual product. The user downloads the product design program and digital part data into his/her own computer, uniquely designs a product or part in a desired manner, and asks the product vendor over the Internet or the like to manufacture a product or part of the unique design. The product vendor in turn manufactures a product or part according to the desired unique design for a product or part provided by the user, and supplies the product or part of the unique design to the user. In the design-for-product processing system, the product vendor prompts the user to determine whether he/she will place an order for a product or part of the unique design created using the design-for-product creating system, whether he/she will have the product or part of the unique design sold on commission by the product vendor, or whether he/she will have the product or part of the unique design auctioned by the product vendor. The user can select at least one of the options.