CUMULATIVE CONSUMABLE USAGE IN CLOUD-BASED PRINTING SERVICES
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of monitoring printer consumable usage, comprising:
- receiving at a cloud-based printing service a print job from a user for a target printer, the target printer also usable for printing by other users of the service;
printing the print job on the printer;
receiving at the service job data indicative of consumable consumption for the print job;
calculating, at the service, cumulative consumable usage data associated with the user but not the other users from the job data and prior consumable usage data; and
sending the cumulative consumable usage data from the service to a client application in near-real-time after the completion of the printing.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In one example, a cloud-based printing service that calculates cumulative usage data of a consumable.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method of monitoring printer consumable usage, comprising:
-
receiving at a cloud-based printing service a print job from a user for a target printer, the target printer also usable for printing by other users of the service; printing the print job on the printer; receiving at the service job data indicative of consumable consumption for the print job; calculating, at the service, cumulative consumable usage data associated with the user but not the other users from the job data and prior consumable usage data; and sending the cumulative consumable usage data from the service to a client application in near-real-time after the completion of the printing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions for causing a processor to execute a method of controlling printer consumable usage, comprising:
-
defining at a cloud-based printing service a limit for cumulative usage of a consumable, the limit associated with a user; receiving at the service a print job from the user for a target printer; in response to the receiving, determining whether cumulative consumable usage data associated with the user exceeds the limit; if the limit has been exceeded, aborting the print job; and if the limit has not been exceeded, printing the print job on the target printer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A cloud-based printing service, comprising:
-
a device event service to receive from a target printer registered with the cloud-based printing service job data indicative of consumable consumption of a print job printed by the printer for a user; a consumable data management service to calculate, using the job data, cumulative consumable usage data associated with the user; a consumable usage reporting service to generate, using the cumulative consumable usage data, information requested by a client external to the cloud-based printing service; and a communications service to send an instant message having the information to the client in near-real-time after the completion of the printing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification