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PRINTING DEVICE SHARING SERVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM

  • US 20120212768A1
  • Filed: 02/18/2011
  • Published: 08/23/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A broker computing system in operable communication with and remote from one or more print requester computing devices and one or more print supplier printing devices, wherein the one or more print supplier printing devices are remote from the one or more print requester computing devices, wherein each print supplier printing device is associated with a print supplier, wherein the broker computing system comprises:

  • a processor; and

    a processor-readable storage medium in operable communication with the processor, wherein the processor-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

    receive a print request from a print requester computing device, wherein the print request comprises one or more print parameters,receive availability information from at least one print supplier printing device,select a print supplier printing device based on the one or more print parameters and the availability for the selected print supplier printing device, andtransmit the print request to the selected print supplier printing device.

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