Automatic grouping method in web based Device Management Applications using unsupervised machine learning algorithm

A system that facilitates automatically grouping print status alerts for a plurality of printing devices, comprising:

• a remote print status and print state information extraction module configured to receive print status data and print state data from each of a plurality of printing devices in a fleet of devices;
• an automatic grouping module that automatically clusters devices having similar print statuses and alerts;
• a user interface configured to display a clustered output result;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• retrieve print status bits from each device;
• compare the retrieved print status bits to one or more pre-generated error state masks to determine a state of each device;
• integrate the clustered output result into a device management application (DMA);
• execute a print status alert module that generates clustered print status alerts for printers identified during clustering;
• and
• output the clustered print status alerts for display on the user interface.

A processor configured to automatically group print status alerts for a plurality of printing devices, the processor being configured to:

• receive print status data and print state data, which comprises alert information for each of the plurality of printing devices, from each of a plurality of printing devices in a fleet of devices;
• retrieve print status bits from each device;
• compare the retrieved print status bits to one or more pre-generated error state masks to determine a state of each device
• automatically cluster devices with similar print statuses and alerts;
• display the clustered output result on a user interface of the device management application (DMA);
• integrate the clustered output result into the DMA;
• execute a print status alert module that generates automated print status alerts for printers identified during clustering;
• output the automated print status alerts for display on the user interface.