Input/output job tagging readable by mobile input/output bins
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorGerard J. Carlson
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Abstract
This invention relates to self-propelled, mobile input/output bins (MIOB). Such structures of this type, generally, allow the MIOB to scan/read machine readable data on an input/output job banner page. This information allows the MIOB to determine the owner of the input/output job, the owner's location, and the location where the input/output job is to be delivered so that the input/output job can be delivered by the MIOB.
Claims20
A method for automated input/output job distribution, comprising the steps of:
- detecting an input/output job at a consumable handling device;
- reading a machine readable data located on an input/output job cover page means by a self-propelled, mobile input/output bin;
- and
- determining an owner of the input/output job through the use of the bin.
A method for passively automating an input/output job distribution, comprising the steps of:
- detecting an input/output job at a consumable handling device;
- contacting a self-propelled, mobile input/output bin;
- and
- sending said bin to said consumable handling device to read a machine readable data located on a job cover page means in order to transfer said job to an owner of said job through the use of said bin.
A method for actively automating an input/output job distribution, comprising the steps of:
- scanning/monitoring a consumable handling device by a self-propelled, mobile input/output bin;
- detecting an input/output job at said consumable handling device by said bin;
- and
- determining an owner of said job by reading machine readable data located on a cover page means of said job through the use of said bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.