Patent ID: 11865649
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A cloud computing system to provide weld data, the cloud computing system comprising:
communication circuitry configured to:
receive welding data relating to a welding operation from a first customer;
transmit the welding data to the second customer, wherein the welding data defines aspects of at least one welding operation for execution by a welding system by at least specifying one or more welding parameters; and
following the transmission of the welding data, receive, from the second customer, at least one of weld data or production data associated with the welding system during the welding operation;

cloud storage configured to store the welding data in computer-readable storage media; and
one or more cloud computing resources, wherein the cloud computing resources:
offer the welding data for sale via the communication circuitry;
receive an offer for the welding data from a second customer, different from the first customer, wherein the first and second customers are individual welders, factories, or distributed manufacturing operations; and
perform a financial transaction with the second customer, the transmission of the welding data to the second customer being in response to the financial transaction.