CPC G05B 19/41865 (2013.01) [B60R 3/002 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] | 26 Claims |
1. A method for production of vehicle components directed by a consumer interacting with a computer, comprising:
retrieving a listing of vehicle components from a vehicle component database, components on the listing of vehicle components are attachable to a produced good on a vehicle;
displaying a subset of the listing of vehicle components to the consumer based on a time period defined by a manufacturer associated with the vehicle components or a consumer subscription for purchasing promotional vehicle components during a pre-defined time period;
selecting a promotional vehicle component for coupling to the produced good from the vehicle component database based on a selection input from the consumer from the subset of the listing of vehicle components;
following receipt of the selection input from the consumer, the computer generating an output data file from data for the promotional vehicle component from the vehicle component database, the output data file being configured to be readable by a production machine and to instruct the production machine to produce the promotional vehicle component;
transmitting the output data file to the production machine; and
causing the production machine to produce the promotional vehicle component based on the output data file; and
wherein the promotional vehicle component produced by the production machine is attachable to the produced good for the vehicle.
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