US 11,941,312 B2
Print job management of usage data and consumption data
Rachel L. Chin, Vancouver, WA (US); Michael St. Laurent, Kitchener (CA); and Phillip A. Mccoog, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/921,122
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed May 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/032336
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/230853, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176801 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1273 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); H04N 1/34 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing access to a database of a plurality of print devices registered to a print system;
receiving print data that identifies a print job for a print device among the plurality of print devices and a first account for a first service and a first user of the print system;
managing the print job including:
applying a number of pages printed in the print job, as usage data for the print job, to the first account of the first user that generated the print job, based on the print data; and
applying an amount of consumables used in printing the print job, as consumption data for the print job, to a second account for the print device on which the print job is printed and that is not specific to the first user that generated the print job, based on the print data, the second account associated with a second service of the print system.