Patent ID: 8660883
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G03G,G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of estimating the cost of a target print job, the method comprising: identifying a target print job having a document type and one or more attributes; for each attribute of the target print job, determining a correlation between the attribute and a cost of the target print job using a plurality of historical print jobs associated with the document type, wherein determining the correlation comprises, for each attribute associated with each historical print job, performing regression analysis on the attribute to determine an R-square value associated with the attribute; identifying, by a computing device, one or more of the attributes as cost drivers based on the correlation of the attribute to the cost of the target print job by: identifying one or more relevant historical print jobs from the plurality of historical print jobs based on values for the identified cost drivers; estimating, by the computing device, a cost of the target print job using the one or more relevant historical print jobs; and displaying, on a display device, the estimated cost associated with the target print job.