Methods and systems for soft failure detection for networked printers
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1. A method for identifying potential printer failures in a networked printing system, the method comprising:
- gathering job tracking data for print jobs in a network; and
identifying potential printer failures based at least partially on the job tracking data, comprising;
determining affinity data based on the job tracking data, the affinity data comprising a plurality of affinity values associated with each of a plurality of printer devices in the networked printing system, each affinity value corresponding to a single given user device and a single given printer device and representing a proportion of print jobs submitted by a user of the given user device for which the given printer device was selected;
determining changes in the affinity values; and
identifying potential printer failures based at least partially on the changes in the affinity values.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are presented for identifying potential printer failures in a networked printing enterprise, in which job tracking data is gathered for print jobs in the network, affinity data is derived from the job tracking data indicating associations between printer devices and user devices, and potential printer failures are identified based on changes in the affinity data.
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1. A method for identifying potential printer failures in a networked printing system, the method comprising:
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gathering job tracking data for print jobs in a network; and identifying potential printer failures based at least partially on the job tracking data, comprising; determining affinity data based on the job tracking data, the affinity data comprising a plurality of affinity values associated with each of a plurality of printer devices in the networked printing system, each affinity value corresponding to a single given user device and a single given printer device and representing a proportion of print jobs submitted by a user of the given user device for which the given printer device was selected; determining changes in the affinity values; and identifying potential printer failures based at least partially on the changes in the affinity values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of detecting a change in pattern of use of networked printers, comprising:
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gathering job tracking data for print jobs in a network; determining affinity data based on the job tracking data, the affinity data comprising a plurality of affinity values associated with each of a plurality of printer devices in the networked printing system, each affinity value corresponding to a single given user device and a single given printer device and representing a proportion of print jobs submitted by a user of the given user device for which the given printer device was selected; determining changes in the affinity values; and detecting a change in pattern of use of a first printer device based on a change in the affinity values associated with the first printer device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for identifying potential printer failures in a networked printing system, comprising:
a server with a processor, the server being coupled to a network and including; an affinity component operative to gather job tracking data for print jobs in the network, and to determine affinity data based on the job tracking data, the affinity data comprising a plurality of affinity values associated with each of a plurality of printer devices in the networked printing system, each affinity value corresponding to a single given user device and a single given printer device and representing a proportion of print jobs submitted by a user of the given user device for which the given printer device was selected; and a failure detection component operative to determine changes in the affinity values, and to identify potential printer failures based at least partially on the changes in the affinity values. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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