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Method and systems for incorporating advertisements in objects printed on three-dimensional printers

  • US 9,830,536 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2014
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for three-dimensional (3-D) printing, comprising:

  • receiving, by a server, an indication of a 3-D design for a first 3-D printable product to be printed on a 3-D printer of a user;

    selecting, by the server, a 3-D ad for a second 3-D printable product to be printed on the 3-D printer in addition to the 3-D design for the first 3-D printable product, wherein the 3-D ad is a portion of the second 3-D printable product;

    generating, by the server, a 3-D printable data model for the 3-D design and the 3-D ad;

    sending, by the server, the 3-D printable data model to the 3-D printer;

    receiving, by the server, a request for raw material to print the second 3-D printable product;

    determining, by the server, whether the portion of the second 3-D printable product was previously printed on the 3-D printer of the user;

    determining, by the server, whether the portion of the second 3-D printable product is capable of being fused with a remaining portion of the second 3-D printable product in response to determining that the portion of the second 3-D printable product was previously printed; and

    sending, by the server, an indication that less than a full amount of the raw material for printing the remaining portion is needed to complete printing of the second 3-D printable product.

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