Three-dimensional data distribution device and three-dimensional data distribution method

A three-dimensional data distribution device comprising:

• a communication unit that receives a transmission request, the transmission request being transmitted in accordance with a predetermined application and requesting transmission of three-dimensional model data, the three-dimensional model data indicating a three-dimensional shape of an object, the transmission request including user identification information that uniquely identifies a user that transmits the transmission request;
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• a controller that controls the transmission of the three-dimensional model data,
• wherein the controller makes, based on the transmission request, at least one of a determination as to whether the user identified by the user identification information is a customer of a first company that provides the predetermined application and a determination as to whether the user is a customer of a third company that has a partnership with the first company, and the controller controls the transmission of the three-dimensional model data in accordance with a result of the at least one of the determinations.

A three-dimensional data distribution method for distributing three-dimensional model data indicating a three-dimensional shape of an object, the three-dimensional data distribution method comprising:

• receiving a transmission request, the transmission request being transmitted in accordance with a predetermined application and requesting transmission of the three-dimensional model data;
• making, based on the transmission request, at least one of a determination as to whether a first company is identical to a second company and a determination as to whether the first company has a partnership with the second company, the first company providing the predetermined application, the second company providing an equipment that has been used to generate the three-dimensional model data;
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• controlling the transmission of the three-dimensional model data in accordance with a result of the making of the least one of the determinations.

A three-dimensional data distribution method for distributing three-dimensional model data indicating a three-dimensional shape of an object, the three-dimensional data distribution method comprising:

• receiving a transmission request, the transmission request being transmitted in accordance with a predetermined application and requesting transmission of the three-dimensional model data, the transmission request including user identification information that uniquely identifies a user that transmits the transmission request;
• making, based on the transmission request, at least one of a determination as to either whether the user identified by the user identification information is a customer of a first company that provides the predetermined application and a determination as to whether the user is a customer of a third company that has a partnership with the first company;
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• controlling the transmission of the three-dimensional model data in accordance with a result of the making of the least one of the determinations.