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Vendor interface for item delivery via 3D manufacturing on demand

  • US 9,858,604 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2013
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for manufacturing an item utilizing protected 3D manufacturing instructions, the method comprising:

  • under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,receiving, by at least one computer system of a service provider, an order for an item offered by a supplier within an electronic marketplace of the service provider, the item associated with 3D manufacturing instructions associated with the supplier and stored in a third-party system accessible to the at least one computer system of the service provider;

    determining that a premanufactured item corresponding to the item exists;

    determining that the item is associated with 3D manufacturing instructions accessible to the at least one computer system of the service provider;

    in response to determining existence of the premanufactured item and determining that the item is associated with the 3D manufacturing instructions accessible to the at least one computer system of the service provider;

    evaluating at least one parameter associated with fulfilling the order, the at least one parameter comprising at least one of a time of delivery, a cost of manufacture, a shipping cost, or at a location associated with a 3D manufacturing device;

    based at least in part on the evaluation, determining that the order is to be fulfilled utilizing a newly-manufactured item produced utilizing the 3D manufacturing instructions associated with the item rather than the premanufactured item;

    executing instructions, by an authorization module of the supplier, to authorize access to the 3D manufacturing instructions based on permissions restricting utilization of the 3D manufacturing instructions;

    responsive to access to the 3D manufacturing instructions being authorized;

    granting access to the 3D manufacturing instructions to the at least one computer system of the service provider, wherein the at least one computer system of the service provider retrieves, through a retrieval module, the 3D manufacturing instructions from the third-party system;

    providing, by the at least one computer system of the service provider, the retrieved 3D manufacturing instructions to the 3D manufacturing device according to the permissions, wherein providing the retrieved 3D manufacturing instructions causes the 3D manufacturing device to manufacture the newly-manufactured item utilizing the 3D manufacturing instructions associated with the item, wherein the 3D manufacturing device is associated with the service provider or a home location of a user who issued the order for the item; and

    fulfilling the order with the newly-manufactured item.

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