Virtual cloud printing

Abstract

A supply chain management system comprising: a system server comprising a central processor and a database; a plurality of user computers communicating with the system server over a network; the system server running a software process defining: an interface layer configured to communicate messages and business transactions bi-directionally between the user computers and the system server; and a services layer configured to apply business logic to the messages and business transaction and process them according to a predefined workflow of the supply chain management system; the plurality of user computers running client applications configured to communicate with the interface layer, the client applications comprising a virtual printer driver and virtual cloud printer application configured to virtually print documents into the system using the virtual print driver; the service layer comprising a cloud printer service configured to communicate bi-directionally with the virtual cloud printer application and with the database.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.