Patent ID: 7996287
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y02D,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for correlating carbon offsetting and printing, comprising: providing a printing device in communication with a user through a user interface, wherein the printing device: identifies a metric of a print job initiated by the user through the user interface; calculates a carbon offset value for the print job as a function of the print job metric and a user-specified degree of carbon offsetting associated with the user and applicable to the printing job; displays the calculated carbon offset value in association with the print job to the user in the user interface; prints the print job in response to a direct input from the user through the user interface, wherein the user direct input comprises an acceptance or a revision of at least one of the print job metric and the carbon offset value associated with the print job displayed to the user in the user interface, and wherein the revision of the carbon offset value comprises: recalculating the calculated carbon offset value associated with the print job displayed to the user in the user interface in response to the user revising the print job metric or the applicable user-specified degree of carbon offsetting; or revising the calculated carbon offset value associated with the print job and displayed to the user in the user interface to a revised carbon offset value as specified by the user; determines a final carbon offset value of the printed print job as a function of the user direct input and the calculated carbon offset value or the recalculated calculated carbon offset value or the revised calculated carbon offset value; and transfers the determined final carbon offset value of the printed print job to a carbon offsetting entity.