Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Allocating carbon offsets for printing tasks
- Patent Title (中): 为打印任务分配碳抵消
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Application No.: US12138761Application Date: 2008-06-13
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Publication No.: US07996287B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Rick A. Hamilton, II , Brian M. O'Connell , Clifford A. Pickover , Keith R. Walker
- Applicant: Rick A. Hamilton, II , Brian M. O'Connell , Clifford A. Pickover , Keith R. Walker
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., LPA
- Agent Patrick J. Daugherty
- Main IPC: G07B17/00
- IPC: G07B17/00

Abstract:
Methods, services, program products and devices are provided for correlating carbon offsetting and printing. Methods comprise a requester initiating a print job on a printing device; analyzing the print job; identifying at least one print job metric relevant to the print job as a function of the analyzing, the metric associated with a carbon offset value; calculating a total amount of carbon offset from the identified at least one metric; printing the print job; and transferring the carbon offset total amount to a carbon offsetting entity for debiting or crediting against a printing entity as a function of the printing. Systems and devices and articles of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program in said medium are provided. Service methods comprise deploying applications for correlating carbon offsetting and printing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090313145A1 ALLOCATING CARBON OFFSETS FOR PRINTING TASKS Public/Granted day:2009-12-17
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