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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Zheng Wang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kristofer Iverson, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The claimed subject matter includes techniques for printing a three-dimensional (3D) object. An example system includes a network interface to obtain a 3D model from a client system. The example system also includes a print bureau data collection engine to identify capabilities of a plurality of print bureaus. The example system also includes a print bureau filter to compare characteristics of the 3D model with capabilities of the plurality of print bureaus to identify a subset of the plurality print bureaus that are able to print the 3D model and send the subset to the client system via the network interface.