Patent ID: 8769479

Claim:
A method for remote manufacturing of software media from a network, comprising: providing an interface to a user for selection of a digital file; receiving an order from a user for purchase of the selected digital file, the order including a file identifier related to the selected digital file and an order identifier related to the order; verifying the order identifier based upon particular information related to the order, verifying the order identifier including verifying a version of the selected digital file, which includes selecting an active version of the selected digital file at a time of creating the physical-on demand; selecting a production facility for manufacture based upon particular determined information related to the order by: determining the production facility geographically close to a delivery location identified by the user; determining a time to manufacture based upon a current production schedule at the production facility; and determining the time to deliver from a production facility to a location identified by the user based upon identified shipping constraints; and processing a delivery of the selected digital file based upon the selected production facility, wherein processing the delivery including: establishing a physical-on-demand image; establishing a case image; adding files to physical-on-demand server; and completing the product from physical-on-demand server.