SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF USER-ANNOTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PAPER-BASED PROCESSES

摘要

A computer-implemented method for identifying constraints to reducing consumable usage includes acquiring print job information for a set of print jobs submitted for printing by a set of users. A print job representation is computed for each of the print jobs from the print job information. Provision is made for user-annotation of a note associated with the submitted print jobs including a reason for printing the print job. User-annotations are received for at least some of the submitted print jobs. The print jobs may be clustered into clusters based on the print job representations and annotations. A representation of the set of print jobs includes a user dashboard and a group dashboard is generated which is based on the users' annotations and other users' included in a group to provide a structure for collaboration among the group members to identify the constraints to reducing consumable usage and/or provide solutions to reduce consumable usage.

主权项

1. A method for identifying constraints on reducing consumable usage comprising:
acquiring print job information for a set of print jobs submitted for printing by a set of users, each print job including a document to be printed; generating a print job contextual representation for each of the print jobs; providing for user-annotation of the submitted print jobs with a user-annotated note expressing a reason for printing the print job; receiving user-annotations for at least some of the submitted print jobs; generating a user dashboard for each of the set of users, the user dashboard displaying the user's print consumption history, the set of users print consumption history and one or more received user-annotated notes for the set of users; and generating a group dashboard, the group dashboard grouping user-annotations for the set of users by one or more of attributes associated with the print jobs; wherein the generating a print job contextual representation, providing for user-annotations of a note, receiving user-annotated notes, and generating a user dashboard is performed with a computer processor.