Patent ID: 11921485
Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. The media device of claim 1, wherein the 3D printer is one of a local 3D printer and a remote 3D printer, wherein the media device further comprises a printer interface that is communicatively coupled to the processor system and that communicatively couples the media device directly to the local 3D printer, and wherein the processor system is further configured to:
receive a user selection that selects one of the local 3D printer and the remote 3D printer to be used to print the 3D printed object that represents the physical object;
communicate information corresponding to the user selection to a the remote 3D model site;
receive the 3D printable model data from the remote 3D model site when the user selection selects the local 3D printer; and
communicate, via the printer interface, the received 3D printable model data to the local 3D printer;
wherein the 3D printable model data is communicated from the remote 3D model site to the remote 3D printer when a second user selection selects the remote 3D printer, and
wherein the selected local 3D printer or the remote 3D printer that receives the 3D printable model data initiates the manufacture of the 3D printed object in response to receiving the 3D printable model data.