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Three-dimensional object storage, customization, and procurement system

  • US 10,373,237 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2015
  • Issued: 08/06/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing an order for components, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a server, an order that specifies a plurality of components for procurement and constraints for procuring each of the plurality of components, wherein the constraints include a structural integrity score indicative of a structural integrity of the component that is determined based at least in part on one or more locations of the component that are the thinnest and one or more angles of the component at which surfaces converge;

    determining, by a processor, a plurality of different sources capable of providing one or more of the plurality of components within the received constraints, wherein at least some of the sources correspond to 3D printing facilities that print components via a 3D printing process; and

    communicating a plurality of orders for procuring the plurality of components, each associated with one or more of the plurality of components, to the determined different sources.

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