Patent ID: 9648094
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A61J,B33Y,G05B,G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method comprising: communicating via a wide area network with a plurality of cloud processing devices at a plurality of vehicle aggregation locations in a region that spans one or more time zones, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) fabrication devices in a plurality of vehicles, each of the plurality of vehicles having at least one of the plurality of 3D fabrication devices; collecting registry data corresponding to the plurality of vehicle aggregation locations, wherein the registry data includes an expected parking duration associated with each of the plurality of vehicle aggregation locations; maintaining a registry that includes the registry data corresponding to the plurality of vehicle aggregation locations; receiving requests for cloud tasks from client devices, via the wide area network, each request indicating a 3D product to be fabricated; allocating the cloud tasks to the plurality of cloud processing devices in the region, wherein allocating at least one of the cloud tasks having a duration includes, segmenting the at least one of the cloud tasks into a plurality of cloud tasks having corresponding durations that are shorter than the duration of the at least one of the cloud tasks, wherein the segmenting is based on the registry data from the registry corresponding to the plurality of vehicle aggregation locations indicating the expected parking duration and further based on the duration of the one of the cloud tasks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of cloud processing devices fabricates the 3D product via at least one of the plurality of 3D fabrication devices in the plurality of vehicles; and scheduling and managing performance of the plurality of cloud tasks via the plurality of cloud processing devices, wherein the managing includes receiving cloud task results data from the plurality of cloud processing devices indicating when the cloud tasks are completed.