On-demand production of electronic device accessories

An electronic production system, comprising:

• a provider, including:
• a provider system on which a digital cutting template for a protective film for a particular electronic device is developed prior to or within a day of a product launch date of the particular electronic device, the digital cutting template identifying a size, shape, or configuration of an accessory, artwork, or other decorative effects for the particular electronic device to be used in automatedly cutting the protective film;
• digital template storage in communication with the provider system, the digital template storage storing the digital cutting template for the protective film for the particular electronic device;
• and
• within a day of the product launch date of the particular electronic device, making the digital cutting template immediately available from the provider location to a plurality of different retail stores located remotely from the provider;
• an electronic communication network;
• a supply of stock materials, the supply of stock materials including a plurality of different sizes of sheets of stock material, each sheet of stock material of the supply comprising a plurality of layers, including a transparent protective layer, an adhesive on a surface of the transparent protective layer, and a removable backing layer positioned over the transparent protective layer and secured to the adhesive;
• an on-demand cutter at a retail store of the plurality of retail stores, in communication with the digital template storage by way of the electronic communication network, the on-demand cutter including:
• a housing;
• one or more production elements linked to the housing;
• a feed system that feeds the stock material through at least a portion of the housing and to the one or more production elements;
• a network interface for receiving the digital cutting templates for the protective film from digital template storage of the provider, over the electronic communication network;
• a processing component that:
• receives an order for a customer for the protective film for the electronic device from the retail store where the housing, the one or more production elements and/or the feed system are located;
• and
• uses the digital cutting template to cause the one or more production elements to cut the stock material specific to the electronic device immediately upon receipt of the order from the customer to define the protective film from the stock material, while the customer waits at the retail store from which the order was placed and at which the protective film will be cut;
• and
• one or more cutting elements that define the protective film on demand immediately following placement of the order, while the customer remains at the retail store from which the order was placed.