US 12,340,404 B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating a memorial product
Pete Jones, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Patrick Charles Cox, Gibsonia, PA (US); and Lamonica Jo Titchnell, Kingwood, WV (US)
Assigned to Matthews International Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/449,980.
Application 16/449,980 is a continuation of application No. 14/470,881, filed on Aug. 27, 2014, granted, now 10,332,173.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/954,491, filed on Mar. 17, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/870,731, filed on Aug. 27, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0392499 A1, Dec. 26, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); E04H 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); A61G 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01) [E04H 13/001 (2013.01); E04H 13/003 (2013.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); A61G 99/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for generating a virtual memorial product, the system comprising:
a processor;
a display device, wherein the display device comprises a web-based interface; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium in operable communication with the processor, wherein the computer-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive, via the web-based interface, subject information and customer information,
receive, via the web-based interface, one or more design elements and one or more memorial product characteristics associated with a three-dimensional memorial product, wherein the three-dimensional memorial product comprises at least one of a grave marker, a headstone, an urn, a vase, a plaque, a medal, a trophy, a sculpture, a statue, a scroll, granite, a niche plate, a crypt plate, crypt text, emblems, or a casket,
restrict a combination of the one or more design elements and the one or more memorial product characteristics based on design rule information,
generate at least one virtual three-dimensional memorial product, using at least one design function, based on the one or more memorial product characteristics, the at least one virtual three-dimensional memorial product comprising at least one memorial product template and at least one virtual design element selected based on the subject information and the customer information, wherein at least one virtual design function comprises a collision detection design function configured to detect whether a threshold distance exists between the one or more design elements and to detect whether each of the one or more design elements is affixed to a portion of the least one virtual three-dimensional memorial product,
display, on the web-based interface, the at least one virtual three-dimensional memorial product, and
generate an order for a physical three-dimensional memorial product based on the at least one virtual three-dimensional memorial product, wherein the at least one virtual three-dimensional memorial product is usable by a computing device to automatically print or produce at least part of the physical three-dimensional memorial product.