Patent ID: 8356302
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing, at a computer: comparing, at the computer, the total actual tangible resource consumption amount with the pre-set resource consumption goal, to determine a trajectory of a rate at which tangible resources are being consumed relative to the pre-set resource consumption goal; maintaining a persistent display, at the computer, the display comprising a first pictorial indication of the trajectory; transmitting a print command from a user of the computer, the print command to print a document; estimating, at the computer, a projected tangible resource consumption amount associated with the print command; determining, at the computer, using the projected tangible resource consumption amount, a projected update to the trajectory; displaying, at the computer, a second pictorial indication of the trajectory based on the projected update to the trajectory; following the displaying of the second pictorial indication, querying, at the computer, whether the user elects to proceed with the print command; subsequent to the user electing to proceed with the print command, tallying, at the computer, an actual tangible resource consumption amount associated with the print command, in order to update the stored total actual tangible resource consumption amount; determining, at the computer, an actual update to the trajectory based on an updated total actual tangible resource consumption amount; and updating, at the computer, the first pictorial indication based on the actual update to the trajectory.