Sending a job processing notice to a social network contact

• US 9,372,644 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2012
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Srinivasmurthy, Venugopal K., Muthukrishnan, Rajesh, Kavanapillil, Ramesh, Viswanatha, Shankaranarayana, Shetty, Sowjanya, Biswal, Bibhu
• Primary Examiner(s): Demeter, Hilina K
• Application Number:
  US13/482,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20130321831A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,484 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1259 Print job monitoring, e.g. job status
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration

Abstract

In one embodiment, a directive is received at a computer system. The directive is to send to social network contacts of a sharer user, via a web application, processing information relating to print or scan jobs associated with the sharer user. Data is received, the data indicative of first processing of a print or scan job associated with the sharer user. A notice of the first processing is sent to a first social network contact of the sharer user via the web application.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor to execute instructions stored in the memory to

receive, from a sharer user, a directive that instructs the computer system to send processing information of a print or scan job initiated by the sharer user to a first subset of social network contacts of the sharer user when the print or scan job is classified as a predetermined type, and send the processing information of the print or scan job to a second subset, different from the first subset, of the social network contacts of the sharer user when the print or scan job is not classified as the predetermined type;

receive data indicative of processing of a first print or scan job initiated by the sharer user;

determine a classification of the first print or scan job;

send a notice of the first print or scan job to a first social network contact of the sharer user based on the classification of the first print or scan job, and

responsive to receipt via a web application of a request from the first social network contact to print the first print or scan job, send the first print or scan job to a computing device associated with the first social network contact, wherein a web application as viewable by the first social network contact displays process status of jobs being printed or scanned by other social network contacts of the first social network contact.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first print or scan job is a print job.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the data indicative of processing the first printing or scan job includes a request for printing the first print job at a printer associated with the sharer user.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the second subset includes all of the social network contacts of the sharer user.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a network connected printer.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the web application is a printer application.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined type of the print or scan job is a specified security type.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the data is received from a network-connected printer associated with the sharer user.

9. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further to execute the instructions stored in the memory to access a social network credentials database that stores access credentials for social networks of which the sharer user is a member, and to provide a first credential to a first social network service.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein, responsive to receipt of a request from the first social network contact to print the print or scan job, the processor is to execute the instructions stored in the memory to send the print or scan job to a computing device associated with the first social network contact.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the request is received from the first social network contact via a graphic user interface that is made available to the first social network contact after a sharing invitation and acceptance transaction between the first social network contact and a graphic user.

12. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the processor is to execute the instructions stored in the memory to store the print or scan job in a job store database, and to enable authorized social network contacts of the sharer user to browse or search the job store database for jobs to print.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor is to execute the instructions stored in the memory to rank the stored jobs based upon criteria received from an authorized social network contact.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to:

receive, from a sharer user, a directive that instructs a computer system to send processing information of a print job initiated by the sharer user to a first subset of social network contacts of the sharer user when the print job is classified as a predetermined type, and send the processing information of the print job to a second subset, different from the first subset, of the social network contacts of the sharer user when the print job is not classified as the predetermined type;

receive data indicative of processing of a first print job initiated by the sharer user;

determine a classification of the first print job;

send a notification of the processing of the first print job to a first social network contact of the sharer user based on the classification of the first print job, and

responsive to receipt via a web application of a request from the first social network contact to print the first print or scan job, send the first print or scan job to a computing device associated with the first social network contact, wherein a web application as viewable by the first social network contact displays process status of jobs being printed or scanned by other social network contacts of the first social network contact.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the instructions further causing the processor to:

responsive to receipt of a request from the first social network contact to print the print job, send the print job to a network-connected printer associated with the first social network contact.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to:

receive, from a sharer user, a directive that instructs a computer system to send processing information of a scan job initiated by the sharer user to a first subset of social network contacts of the sharer user when the scan job is classified as a predetermined type, and send the processing information of the scan job to a second subset, different from the first subset, of the social network contacts of the sharer user when the scan job is not classified as the predetermined type;

receive data indicative of processing of a first scan job initiated by the sharer user;

determine a classification of the first scan job; and

send a notification of the processing of the first scan job to a first social network contact of the sharer user based on the classification of the first print job, and

responsive to receipt via a web application of a request from the first social network contact to print the first print or scan job, send the first print or scan job to a computing device associated with the first social network contact, wherein a web application as viewable by the first social network contact displays process status of jobs being printed or scanned by other social network contacts of the first social network contact.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, responsive to receipt of a request from the first social network contact to print the scan job, the processor is to send the first scan job to a computing device associated with the first social network contact.