Patent ID: 9645778
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of sorting print jobs for assignment to a plurality of print service providers, comprising: receiving at a print server a plurality of print jobs having a plurality of print parameters from a plurality of users, wherein individual print jobs have multiple print parameters being represented in a portion of the plurality of print jobs; determining the print parameters of the received print jobs; comparing the print parameters of the received print jobs with each other to determine which of the print parameters are common among the received print jobs; selecting a prioritization factor; grouping the received print jobs into a plurality of print job groupings according to the common print parameters and the prioritization factor; identifying a plurality of print service providers having at least partially different printing configurations; assigning each grouping to a print service provider of the plurality of print service providers; and sending each of the plurality of print job groupings to the assigned print service provider.