US 11,954,387 B2
Method and system for efficient job processing and scheduling using process mining
Pritam Aher, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC., Ramsey, NJ (US)
Filed by Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., Ramsey, NJ (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,214.
Prior Publication US 2023/0102319 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/1262 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1235 (2013.01); G06F 3/1268 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing and scheduling print jobs on a plurality of printers, the method comprising:
collecting job information on one or more past print jobs;
collecting job information on a plurality of print jobs currently being processed, each of the plurality of print jobs being assigned to one or more operators from a plurality of operators that operate the plurality of printers;
generating a process workflow visualization for the plurality of print jobs currently being processed with a processing mining algorithm based on the job information collected on the one or more past print jobs and the job information collected on the plurality of print jobs currently being processed;
displaying the process workflow visualization for the plurality of print jobs currently being processed; and
highlighting one or more of the plurality of print jobs currently being processed in the process workflow visualization when the one or more of the plurality of print jobs has a recommendation for improving a processing time of the one or more of the plurality of print jobs, and wherein the recommendation for improving the processing time of the one or more of the plurality of print jobs further comprises:
recommending a change in an operator on a printer of the one or more of the plurality of print jobs currently being processed.