Patent ID: 8488176
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing usage of printers, comprising: obtaining from at least one printer, information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks, the information of each print requestor including a requestor identifier (ID) of the print requestor; transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation, wherein the transforming includes associating the information about print tasks with information of an organizational structure containing the print requesters, wherein the information of the organizational structure comprises a tree structure including a plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the tree structure represents an organizational unit in the organizational structure; wherein the transforming further includes: comparing the consolidated information of each organizational unit with at least one predefined metric; and identifying, in response to the comparing, organizational units that exceed the at least one predefined metric.