Systems and methods for operating multiple client printing systems
AssigneePrinterLogic, Inc.
InventorsMark Johannes Theodorus Daams, Corey Clint Ercanbrack
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Abstract
A method for operating multiple client printing systems is described. The method includes creating an administration account. The method also includes instantiating a printing manager instance for each of the multiple client printing systems. The multiple client printing systems are associated with the administration account. The method further includes presenting a data structure comprising an object associated with each of the multiple client printing systems. The method additionally includes determining license usage data for the multiple client printing systems based on the printing manager instances. The method also includes presenting the license usage data.
Claims18
A method for operating multiple client printing systems, comprising:
- creating an administration account for operating the multiple client printing systems;
- instantiating a printing manager instance for each of the multiple client printing systems, wherein the multiple client printing systems are associated with the administration account, and wherein each printing manager instance manages configuration of printer definitions, printer drivers, and licenses to utilize printing cloud software for a single client printing system;
- presenting a data structure comprising an object associated with each of the multiple client printing systems;
- determining license usage data for the licenses to utilize printing cloud software by the multiple client printing systems, wherein determining the license usage data comprises determining a client average license usage for each of the multiple client printing systems for a billing cycle and determining a summary average license usage over all of the multiple client printing systems for the billing cycle;
- and
- presenting the license usage data.
A computing device, comprising:
- a processor;
- memory in electronic communication with the processor;
- and
- instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions are executable to:
- create an administration account for operating multiple client printing systems;
- instantiate a printing manager instance for each of the multiple client printing systems, wherein the multiple client printing systems are associated with the administration account, and wherein each printing manager instance manages configuration of printer definitions, printer drivers, and licenses to utilize printing cloud software for a single client printing system;
- present a data structure comprising an object associated with each of the multiple client printing systems;
- determine license usage data for the licenses to utilize printing cloud software by the multiple client printing systems, wherein determining the license usage data comprises determining a client average license usage for each of the multiple client printing systems for a billing cycle and determining a summary average license usage over all of the multiple client printing systems for the billing cycle;
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- present the license usage data.
A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, comprising:
- code for causing a computing device to create an administration account for operating multiple client printing systems;
- code for causing the computing device to instantiate a printing manager instance for each of the multiple client printing systems, wherein the multiple client printing systems are associated with the administration account, and wherein each printing manager instance manages configuration of printer definitions, printer drivers, and licenses to utilize printing cloud software for a single client printing system;
- code for causing the computing device to present a data structure comprising an object associated with each of the multiple client printing systems;
- code for causing the computing device to determine license usage data for the licenses to utilize printing cloud software by the multiple client printing systems, wherein determining the license usage data comprises determining a client average license usage for each of the multiple client printing systems for a billing cycle and determining a summary average license usage over all of the multiple client printing systems for the billing cycle;
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- code for causing the computing device to present the license usage data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.