System and method for electronically monitoring the content of print data
OwnerJennifer Geske, Feng Yuaninventors
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Abstract
The present invention includes as one embodiment a method for electronically monitoring the contents of a print job generated from print data, comprising analyzing the print data to build statistical information about content within the print data and categorizing the print job using the statistical information according to pre-specified categorization criteria.
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A method for electronically monitoring the contents of a print job generated from print data, comprising:
- analyzing the print data to build statistical information about content within the print data;
- and
- categorizing the print job using the statistical information according to pre-specified categorization criteria.
A system for managing printing operations on a computer, comprising:
- a statistical module that collects drawing commands and collapses the collected drawing commands into pre-determined classifications;
- and
- a filtering module coupled to the statistical module that filters the pre-determined classifications using pre specified category criteria and categorizes the print job into at least one predefined print job category.
In a system for electronically monitoring the contents of a print job generated from print data, a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a process on a computer, the process comprising:
- statistically analyzing the print data to form object type percentages using drawing command information;
- classifying the print job using the statistical analysis and according to pre-specified categorization criteria;
- and
- storing the classification in a log file and using the classification from the log file for examination and for building, enhancing and verifying future classification matches.
A system for managing print jobs of documents containing at least one page, comprising:
- means for collecting drawing commands for a given page;
- means for collapsing the collected drawing commands into predetermined categories;
- and
- means for classifying the print job using the pre-determined classifications.
A printing system working in a computer environment, comprising:
- an application program that generates print data for a print job;
- a printer that receives the print data for printing the print jobs;
- a software printer driver coupled to the printer and application program for analyzing the print data to build statistical information about content within the print data;
- and
- a filter module coupled to the software printer driver for categorizing the print job using the statistical information according to prespecified categorization criteria.
A method for managing print jobs of documents containing at least one page, comprising:
- collecting drawing commands for a given page;
- collapsing the collected drawing commands into pre-determined categories;
- and
- classifying the print job using the pre-determined classifications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.