Patent ID: 9396445
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A network computer for collecting production workflow information in a print shop environment where print jobs are processed with at least one print shop related resource, the network computer comprising a processor and a database that stores turnaround times maintained as a log of time stamps, wherein the processor being programmed to: acquire over a network production related data for a first production related resource from an RFID reader in communication with the network computer, fit the production related data to possible distributions; identify from the possible distributions a distribution that best represents the production related data; compute a confidence ratio estimate of the identified distribution; compare the confidence ratio estimate to a threshold; generate a data collection decision by comparing the confidence ratio estimate to the threshold; continue receiving the production related data in response to the confidence ratio estimate not meeting the threshold; end a collection of the production related data in response to the confidence ratio estimate meeting or exceeding the threshold; and transmit over the network the recorded production related data to a user handheld computer device different from the network computer and associated with a second production related resource, wherein the transmission of the recorded production related data represents that the production related data collected for the first production related resource is sufficient for evaluating a productivity state of the production facility and enables a workflow diagram to be generated using the production related.