发明名称 |
Allocating carbon offsets for printing tasks |
摘要 |
Methods, services, program products and devices are provided for correlating carbon offsetting and printing. Methods comprise a requester initiating a print job on a printing device; analyzing the print job; identifying at least one print job metric relevant to the print job as a function of the analyzing, the metric associated with a carbon offset value; calculating a total amount of carbon offset from the identified at least one metric; printing the print job; and transferring the carbon offset total amount to a carbon offsetting entity for debiting or crediting against a printing entity as a function of the printing. Systems and devices and articles of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program in said medium are provided. Service methods comprise deploying applications for correlating carbon offsetting and printing. |
申请公布号 |
US7996287(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2011.08.09 |
申请号 |
US20080138761 |
申请日期 |
2008.06.13 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
HAMILTON, II RICK A.;O'CONNELL BRIAN M.;PICKOVER CLIFFORD A.;WALKER KEITH R. |
分类号 |
G07B17/00 |
主分类号 |
G07B17/00 |
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