3-d printed package customization
OwnerShay C. Colson, David A. Divine +1inventors
InventorsShay C. Colson, David A. Divine, David S. Thompson
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Abstract
Items may be packaged for shipping or storage using additive manufacturing techniques, also known as three dimensional (3-D) printing. Packages made by such processes may be referred to as 3-D printed packages. The 3-D printed packages may be customized based on one or more items contained in the package, a recipient of the package, a sender of the package, and/or a destination location of the package. The customizations may include two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional customizations on an interior and/or exterior of the 3-D printed packages.
Claims16
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform operations comprising:
- determining a nature of an item to be packaged as contents of a package;
- generating a package model for the package based at least in part on the contents of the package;
- determining a destination for the package;
- determining an advertisement to be printed on an exterior of the package;
- determining an interior component of the package, the interior component of the package being (i) visible only when the package is opened, (ii) being based at least in part on contents of the package, (iii) being based at least in part on an intended recipient of the package, and (iv) providing an individualized offer targeted to the intended recipient;
- manufacturing the package based at least in part on the package model, wherein manufacturing the package comprises customizing the package to include the interior component by 3D printing the interior component during manufacturing of the package;
- and
- printing the advertisement on the exterior of the package,
- wherein:
- the interior component comprises at least one of a coin, chip, figurine, or 3D token;
- and
- the at least one of the coin, chip, figurine, or 3D token is a unique identifier and is redeemable.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- determining a nature of an item to be packaged as contents of a package;
- generating a package model for the package based at least in part on the contents of the package;
- determining a destination for the package;
- determining an advertisement to be printed on an exterior of the package;
- determining an interior component of the package, the interior component of the package being (i) visible only when the package is opened, (ii) being based at least in part on contents of the package, (iii) being based at least in part on an intended recipient of the package, and (iv) providing an individualized offer targeted to the intended recipient;
- manufacturing the package based at least in part on the package model, wherein manufacturing the package comprises customizing the package to include the interior component by 3D printing the interior component during manufacturing of the package;
- and
- printing the advertisement on the exterior of the package,
- wherein:
- the interior component comprises at least one of a coin, chip, figurine, or 3D token;
- and
- the at least one of the coin, chip, figurine, or 3D token is a unique identifier and is redeemable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.