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Sending print jobs using trigger distances

  • US 9,378,437 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2013
  • Issued: 06/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a system to:

  • receive in a memory of the system;

    a printer address for a printer,a printer location,an identifier for a mobile device;

    responsive to receiving a message sent to the printer address and including a job, store the job;

    send the identifier to a tracker device, wherein the tracker device is distinct from the printer, the mobile device, and the system;

    receive, from the tracker device, a mobile device location;

    calculate a distance between the mobile device and the printer; and

    responsive to determining the calculated distance is less than or equal to a trigger distance, send the job to the printer.

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