Zazzle Inc.

Christopher Collette

Leslie Young Harvill

Jeffrey J Beaver

Sean Narvasa

Petar S Ivanov

Parker H Bossier

Robert I Beaver

Robert Irven Beaver, Iii

Brent Burgess

Jason Li

Antonio Papale, Iii

Irena Pashchenko

Matt Difonzo

Lisa Nakano

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for role-based and attribution-tracking collaborative design based on manufacturing constraints is disclosed. A method comprises: receiving product description data for an interactive design; wherein the product description data for the interactive design comprises data for generating a graphical visual representation of a physical product that is capable of custom manufacture with a plurality of variable product attributes; parsing the product description data to identify a plurality of global-key-values pairs journaled within the product description data and associated with contributors; based on, at least in part, the plurality of global-key-values pairs, constructing an ownership-attribution tree; based on the ownership-attribution tree, generating manufacturing instructions for customizing the physical product and according to the plurality of variable product attributes; and transmitting the manufacturing instructions to a product customization server to cause a manufacturing entity to proceed with generating a customized product based on the manufacturing instructions.

Method and computer readable storage media for role-based and attribution-tracking collaborative design of custom products based on manufacturing constraints

In some embodiments, a system and a computer-implemented method for role-based collaborative design based on manufacturing constraints are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving, at a computer collaboration system, an electronic digital editing invitation from a first user interface that executes on a first user device associated with a first user, the editing invitation comprising inviting a second user to collaborate on a digital electronic interactive design as an editor, the interactive design comprising a graphical visual representation of a physical product that is capable of custom manufacture with a plurality of variable product attributes; transmitting to a second user device of the second user, the product description data for rendering the interactive design in a second user interface executing on the second user device; receiving a first modification to the interactive design from the second user interface; automatically generating a first updated product description data based on the first modification.

System and method for role-based collaborative design of custom products based on manufacturing constraints

In an embodiment, a method comprises: generating a user interface configured to allow selecting a product from a plurality of products that are customizable and displaying the user interface on a display device of a user computer; receiving, via the user interface, a selection of a particular product, from the plurality of products, that require customization; in response to receiving the selection of the particular product, automatically generating a plurality of customization options available for customizing the particular product; receiving one or more triggers of a plurality of triggers, generated based on customization options selected from the plurality of customization options; automatically generating one or more corresponding customization attribute values for the particular product; automatically generating one or more digital representations of the particular product, and displaying the digital representations of the particular product on the display device of the user computer.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage media and method for automatically configuring custom product options based on user actions

In some embodiments, a method for generating customized products in collaboration with live designers is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving, at a computer collaboration computer, a request, from a first user interface that executes on a first user device associated with a first user, for assistance in collaborating on an interactive design; wherein the request comprises collaboration parameters; in response to receiving the request, automatically determining one or more designer profiles, each designer profile satisfying one or more of the collaboration parameters; in response to selecting a particular designer profile from the one or more designer profiles: automatically enabling a collaboration on the interactive design between the first user and a second user who has the particular designer profile; wherein the collaboration between the first user and the second user comprises automatically generating and updating product description data having a plurality of key-values pairs associated with the interactive design.

Generating customized products in collaboration with live designers and agents

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for tracking communications channels and determining triggers and actions in role-based collaborative systems is disclosed. The method comprises: transforming ownership and license agreements, embedded in a plurality of key-value pairs journaled during a collaboration session, into a graph-network and then into an ownership-agreement tree; evaluating the ownership-agreement tree with respect to a plurality of role-based communications channels for each constraint on each collaborator; determining whether one or more communications, monitored in the communications channels, violate one or more constraints of the plurality of constraints; and if they do: determining one or more triggers corresponding to violations of the one or more constraints; based on the one or more triggers, determining one or more actions to be performed with respect to the collaboration session; and causing a monitoring system to execute the one or more actions with respect to the collaboration session.

Methods for monitoring communications channels and determining triggers and actions in role-based collaborative systems

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for generating digital product tokens to represent digital and physical products is presented. The method comprises: storing a plurality of key-value pairs associated with an interactive digital design at a location in storage; based on the plurality of key-value pairs, generating product description data and a token indicating the location at which the plurality of key-value pairs is stored; embedding the token into the product description data; and in response to receiving a request for a product corresponding to the interactive digital design, transmitting the product description data with the token to a manufacturing entity to cause the manufacturing entity to extract the token from the product description data, use the token to retrieve the plurality of key-value pairs from the location, and use the plurality of key-value pairs to generate manufacturing instructions for manufacturing the product corresponding to the interactive digital design.

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Christopher Collette