Patent Application
20070266314
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of online producing a personal tag for a stamp, and more particularly to a method that allows a user to online produce a personalized tag as an identify label for the stamp.
2. Description of Related Art
According to different purposes, stamp manufactures can provide clients with various kinds of stamps to print names, dates, numbers or any pattern on paper. The stamps also can be grouped into the normal type or the self-inking type dependent on whether the stamps need to cooperate with a separate inking pad. The self-inking stamp, as the name implied, has incorporated with an inking pad that allows the stamp to be directly printed on paper without use of additional ink.
In accordance with clients' needs, each stamp can be designed to be unique and individualized to the owner. To fabricate a personal stamp, users can designate or design preferred patterns or words on a stamp pad, which is usually made of rubber, as the information to be printed. Without checking the stamp pad, however, to search and recognize a particular stamp among multiple ones is difficult since all the stamps may have the same appearance. With reference to
The pattern of the tag (62) can be identical or irrelevant to the pattern the stamp (60) printed. For most of stamp-owners, to replace the original tag (62) on the stamp (60) with a designed personal tag by themselves is not easy because sizes of the tags may vary with the different kinds of stamps. To accommodate with the different sizes, the stamp user needs to carefully determine the size of the tag (62) and prevent the required pattern from exceeding boundaries of the tag (62). As a result, the stamp users usually authorize the stamp manufacturer to produce the required tags.
Therefore, the present invention provides a new method of online producing a personal tag for a stamp to overcome the foregoing drawbacks.
The objective of the present invention is to provide a method of online producing a personal tag for a stamp, wherein any user who has a stamp with a tag display window is able to easily design and create a personalized tag fitting to the tag display window.
The method comprises the steps of designating and storing tag data, selecting a stamp model, opening a graphic editing frame corresponding to the selected stamp model, reading and displaying the tag data in the graphic editing frame; editing the tag data in the graphic editing frame to form a personal tag, determining whether the editing of the tag data is completed, storing the personal tag, checking whether the personal tag should be printed, and printing the personal tag by the printer.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The present invention is a method of online producing a personal tag for a stamp, and preferably can be implemented by a server. Users who want to make the personal tag can connect to the server to online edit the personal tag. After completing the personal tag, the tag can be printed and attached on the stamp.
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Second, when the tag data has been selected, a function of “stamp model selecting” (52) on the main webpage (50) shows multiple types of different stamps to be selected, for example types A to D. Specifications of the listed stamps under the “stamp model selecting” function (52) are stored in the server (20). In accordance with the stamp that the user possesses, i.e. the personal tag is to be applied to, the user designates a corresponding type from the multiple types (A-D).
When the stamp model has been designated, a function of “tag editing” (53) on the main webpage (50) allows the user to create the personal tag. The tag editing function (53) has a separate window that displays an editing frame (532) and a tool bar (531). The previously selected tag data is shown in the editing frame (532), wherein the tag data can be edited using the multiple functions provided by the tool bar (531). With reference to
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Based on the foregoing descriptions, the present invention provides a method of online producing a personal tag for stamps. For whether the stamp manufacturers or stamp users, any personal tag can be easily fabricated according to the above mentioned steps to fit different types of stamps. With these personal tags, these stamps will have specific and unique appearances and become more recognizable.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
