System and Method for Entertainment Printables
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorsSteven M. Casey, James M. Feger, Felipe Castro
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Abstract
Novel tools and techniques for entertainment printables are provided. A system includes a printables server, design database, 3-D printer, and media player. The media player may include a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to obtain a content stream including at least one of an audio stream or a video stream, and a data stream including a trigger associated with a printable model. The instructions may further be executable to transmit trigger information to the printables server, obtain a 3-D model file associated with the printable model, and print the printable model based on the 3-D model file.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a printables server coupled to a communications network;
- a design database coupled to the printables server, the design database comprising a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) model files;
- a 3-D printer;
- a media player coupled to the printables server, the media player further coupled to the 3-D printer, the media player comprising:
- a processor;
- a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
- obtain a content stream including at least one of an audio stream or a video stream, the content stream further including a data stream including a trigger associated with a printable model;
- transmit, via a printables application programming interface (API), trigger information to the printables server, wherein the trigger information includes an identifier for the printable model;
- obtain, via the printables server, a 3-D model file of the plurality of 3-D model files associated with the printable model;
- and
- print, via the 3-D printer, the printable model based on the 3-D model file.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
- obtain a content stream including at least one of an audio stream or a video stream, the content stream further including a data stream including a trigger associated with a printable model;
- transmit, via a printables application programming interface (API), trigger information to a printables server, wherein the trigger information includes an identifier for the printable model;
- obtain, via the printables server, a 3-D model file associated with the printable model;
- and
- print, via a 3-D printer, the printable model based on the 3-D model file.
A method comprising:
- obtaining, via a media player, a content stream including at least one of an audio stream or a video stream, the content stream further including a data stream including a trigger associated with a printable model;
- transmitting, via the media player, trigger information to a printables server, wherein the trigger information includes an identifier for the printable model;
- obtaining, via the printables server, a 3-D model file associated with the printable model;
- and
- printing, via a 3-D printer, the printable model based on the 3-D model file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.