Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for processing orders for structural designs
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Application No.: US14851286Application Date: 2015-09-11
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Publication No.: US10672045B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Tazio S. Grivetti
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00 ; G06Q30/06 ; G05B19/4099 ; G06F30/13 ; B33Y50/02

Abstract:
A method includes receiving a plurality of design files at a computer-based system, wherein each of the design files is indicative of a respective structural design, a structural value associated with the respective structural design, and a source identifier associated with a designer of the respective structural design; causing a graphical representation of at least a portion of the structural designs to be displayed to a user; receiving a user selection of a first structural design of the displayed structural designs; generating an additive manufacturing file indicative of the first structural design in a predefined format, wherein the predefined format enables the processing of the additive manufacturing file into a physical structure through an additive manufacturing process; transmitting the selected first structural design in the predefined format; and determining, by the computer based system, a royalty value associated with the selected first structural design based at least on the structural value, the source identifier, and one or more additional parameters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170076258A1 Systems and Methods for Processing Orders for Structural Designs Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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