Patent ID: 8786875
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,G10L,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for printing a document using a mobile communication device associated with a user, the method comprising: receiving a print job sent from the mobile communication device; determining a location of the mobile communication device; identifying a printer proximate the mobile communication device; determining whether the mobile communication device is within a print activation distance of the identified printer, wherein the print activation distance is a predetermined distance between the identified printer and the mobile communication device, the predetermined distance based on a maximum distance between the identified printer and the mobile communication device; when the mobile communication device is not within the print activation distance, waiting to execute the print job based on an expected pickup time; when the expected pickup time arrives: when the mobile communication device is within the print activation distance, initiating execution of the print job at the identified printer, wherein the identifying of the printer proximate the mobile communication device comprises identifying a set of printers capable of performing the print job based on a set of print job parameters associated with the print job, wherein the printer proximate the mobile communication device is a closest distance printer to the mobile communication device.