Location-based print notifications

摘要

In one implementation, a print service system communicates with a device to provide notifications related to a print job at the device based on the proximity of the device to the printer. Additionally, the print service system communicates with the printer to provide a print job to the printer.

主权项

1. A print service system, comprising:
a print job distribution module to provide a print job associated with a device to a printer; a location module to determine, following the print job being provided to the printer, whether location information of the device and location information associated with the printer to which the print job was provided satisfy a proximity rule; a notification module to provide a notification to the device in response to the location information of the device and the location information associated with the printer satisfying the proximity rule, wherein the notification includes at least one of information to release the print job and a mechanism to release the print job; a role module to determine whether a user associated with the device has an administrator role in response to the location information of the device and the location information associated with the printer satisfying the proximity rule; a status module to include, in the notification, status information associated with a level of a consumable in the printer in response to a determination that the user has an administrator role; and a processor to implement the print job distribution module, the location module, the notification module, the role module, and the status module.