Methods and systems for assigning a job source to a hub in a print production environment
US9201619B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1282
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of assigning a hub to a job source may include identifying one or more job sources where one or more print jobs are received, identifying one or more hubs to which the print jobs can be sent to be processed, determining a processing cost for each unique pair of job sources and hubs, creating, by a computing device, a job source list by identifying the pair associated with the largest processing cost, assigning the job source of the identified pair a highest position in the job source list, and repeating the identifying and the assigning for a next highest position until all identified job sources are assigned, and assigning the job source having the highest position in the job source list to an associated hub having a lowest processing cost.
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