Award Case Design Kiosk

Abstract

A system for producing military decoration racks, including a military related retail space, a storage unit that stores regulation data corresponding with military decoration rack regulations and instruction data. The system additionally includes a kiosk within the military related retail space and in electrical communication with the storage unit, the kiosk including a display unit, an input interface, and a communication unit. The system also includes a processing unit configured to execute the instruction data and a production facility in electronic communication with the kiosk configured to receive rack data from the kiosk and produce a military decoration rack based upon the received rack data. The instruction data includes an input module, an arrangement model, a display module, and a communication module.

1 . A system for producing military decoration racks, comprising:
 a military related retail space;   a storage unit that stores:
 regulation data corresponding with military decoration rack regulations; and 
 instruction data; and 
   a kiosk within the military related retail space and in data communication with the storage unit, the kiosk including:
 a display unit; 
 an input interface; and 
 a processing unit configured to execute the instruction data; 
   wherein the instruction data includes:
 an input module including processor executable instructions to receive user input from the input interface and to translate the user input into input data; and 
 an arrangement model including processor executable instructions to translate the input data into rack data that defines a military decoration rack that is arranged to conform to the regulation data. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a production facility in electronic communication with the kiosk and configured to:
 receive rack data from the kiosk; and   produce a military decoration rack based upon the received rack data.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the kiosk includes a communication unit configured to receive data from the storage unit and to transmit data to the production facility; and   the instruction data includes a communication module including processor executable instructions to communicate the rack data to the production facility.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the storage unit additionally stores decoration data that corresponds to compatible decorations. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the arrangement module includes a search module including processor executable instructions to:
 use the input data to select decoration data from the storage unit; and   add the selected decoration data to the rack data.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the storage unit defines a hard drive physically connected to the kiosk. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the storage unit is configured to receive data updates wherein decoration data, regulation data, and instruction data may be added or removed without manual interaction with the kiosk. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein:
 the storage unit is configured to store rack data; and   the plurality of instruction modules includes a save module including processor executable instructions to store a user's rack data to the storage unit.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the production facility is remote from the kiosk. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the military related retail space is located on a military base. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit the rack data over a computer network. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the computer network is the internet. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the rack data corresponds to a rack that includes a ribbon or a medal. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the input interface includes a keyboard. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the input interface includes a pointing device. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the display unit defines a touchscreen; and   the input interface receives user input from the touchscreen.   
     
     
         17 . A kiosk for designing military decoration racks for placement within a military related retail space, the kiosk including:
 an input interface configured to receive input data from a user;   a processing unit programmed with instructions to:
 receive the input data; 
 use the input data to generate rack data conforming with relevant military decoration rack regulations; and 
 use the rack data to generate rack display data; 
   a display unit defining a screen configured to:
 receive rack display data from the processing unit; and 
 display a depiction of a military decoration rack based on the received rack data; and 
   a communication unit configured to communicate the rack data.   
     
     
         18 . The kiosk of  claim 17 , wherein the communication unit is configured to communicate the rack data to a production facility. 
     
     
         19 . The kiosk of  claim 18 , wherein the production facility is at a different location than the kiosk. 
     
     
         20 . A system for producing military decoration racks, comprising:
 a military related retail space;   a kiosk within the military related retail space, the kiosk including:
 a display unit defining a screen; 
 an input interface; 
 a communication unit configured to transmit data; 
 a processing unit programmed with instructions to:
 receive input data from the user input interface; 
 translate the input data into rack data that defines a military decoration rack arranged to conform with relevant military decoration rack regulations; 
 display a depiction of a military decoration rack on the screen corresponding to the rack data; and 
 transmit the rack data via the communication unit; and 
 
   a production unit in electronic communication with the kiosk configured to:
 receive rack data from the communication unit; and 
 produce a military decoration rack based upon the received rack data.