SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING MOBILE DEVICE LOCALIZATION
First Claim
1. A method for localizing placement of an office device in an operating environment, comprising:
- collecting location data for one or more mobile wireless devices communicating with the office device in the operating environment, the location data being collected at the time of an interactive event between the one or more mobile wireless devices and the office device;
analyzing, with a processor, the collected location data to resolve a location of the office device; and
outputting a result of the analysis to an operator for use in tracking locations of a plurality of office devices in the operating environment.
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Abstract
A system and method detect and localize image forming devices in an office environment by causing a mobile wireless device to send location information of the mobile wireless device to a central server system, which may be cloud-based and to which an image forming device is networked, upon executing an information retrieval request for establishing communication with the image forming device or when initiating an image forming operation, such as a print job, in the image forming device using the mobile wireless device. Mobile wireless device location information may be used as an aid in automatically plotting and/or updating a site location indication of each image forming device on a site map or in a central database. Location information may be employed to provide a user with a series of selectable options regarding a plurality of image forming devices in a vicinity of the mobile wireless device for use.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for localizing placement of an office device in an operating environment, comprising:
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collecting location data for one or more mobile wireless devices communicating with the office device in the operating environment, the location data being collected at the time of an interactive event between the one or more mobile wireless devices and the office device; analyzing, with a processor, the collected location data to resolve a location of the office device; and outputting a result of the analysis to an operator for use in tracking locations of a plurality of office devices in the operating environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile wireless device for localizing placement of an office device in an operating environment, comprising:
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a position reference device by which the mobile wireless device at least one of continuously or periodically updates a location of the mobile wireless device; and at least one external communication interface by which the mobile wireless device (1) communicates with at least one office device for conducting an interactive event with the at least one office device and (2) communicates the location of the mobile wireless device at the time of the interactive event to a storage device, wherein collected location data for the mobile wireless device stored in the storage device is analyzed to resolve a location of the office device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method for localizing placement of an office device in an operating environment, the method comprising:
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collecting location data for one or more mobile wireless devices communicating with the office device in the operating environment, the location data being collected at the time of an interactive event between the one or more mobile wireless devices and the office device; analyzing, with a processor, the collected location data to resolve a location of the office device; and outputting a result of the analysis to an operator for use in tracking locations of a plurality of office devices in the operating environment. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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