Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of sorting print jobs for a plurality of print service providers
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Application No.: US13383566Application Date: 2009-09-14
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Publication No.: US09645778B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Ehud Chatow , Steven J. Simske , Benjamin I. Dempster
- Applicant: Ehud Chatow , Steven J. Simske , Benjamin I. Dempster
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Thorpe, North & Western L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/US2009/056866 WO 20090914
- International Announcement: WO2011/031275 WO 20110317
- Main IPC: B41J11/44
- IPC: B41J11/44 ; G06F3/12

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed systems and methods of sorting print jobs for assignment to a plurality of print service providers. In one aspect, such a method can include receiving at a print server a plurality of print jobs having a plurality of print parameters from a plurality of users, where individual print jobs have multiple print parameters being represented in a portion of the plurality of print jobs. The method can further include selecting a prioritization factor, identifying a plurality of print service providers having at least partially different printing configurations, sorting the plurality of print jobs into a plurality of print job groupings based on common printing parameters and the prioritization factor, and sending the plurality of print job groupings to the plurality of print service providers to achieve the common print parameters and the prioritization factor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120154866A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SORTING PRINT JOBS FOR A PLURALITY OF PRINT SERVICE PROVIDERS Public/Granted day:2012-06-21
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