Systems and methods for operating multiple client printing systems
AssigneeVasion, 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.
Claims11
A method for operating multiple client printing systems, comprising:
- creating an administration account associated with a service provider;
- associating, with the administration account, a plurality of printing manager instances, each printing manager instance corresponding to a respective client printing system of a different client;
- periodically determining, by a computing device and based on each of the plurality of printing manager instances, a number of installed printers for each respective client printing system;
- aggregating the numbers of installed printers across the plurality of printing manager instances to determine a total number of installed printers across the plurality of client printing systems;
- and
- generating, for the administration account, a bill for a billing cycle based on the total number of installed printers.
A computing device for operating multiple client printing systems, 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 associated with a service provider;
- associate, with the administration account, a plurality of printing manager instances, each printing manager instance corresponding to a respective client printing system of a different client;
- periodically determine, based on each of the plurality of printing manager instances, a number of installed printers for each respective client printing system;
- aggregate the numbers of installed printers across the plurality of printing manager instances to determine a total number of installed printers across the plurality of client printing systems;
- and
- generate, for the administration account, a bill for a billing cycle based on the total number of installed printers.
A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, comprising:
- code for causing a computing device to create an administration account associated with a service provider;
- code for causing a computing device to associate, with the administration account, a plurality of printing manager instances, each printing manager instance corresponding to a respective client printing system of a different client;
- code for causing a computing device to periodically determine, based on each of the plurality of printing manager instances, a number of installed printers for each respective client printing system;
- code for causing a computing device to aggregate the numbers of installed printers across the plurality of printing manager instances to determine a total number of installed printers across the plurality of client printing systems;
- and
- code for causing a computing device to generate, for the administration account, a bill for a billing cycle based on the total number of installed printers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.