Patent ID: 8264716

Claim:
A method for notifying a printer status, comprising upon a print module detecting an event, the print module generating an event data block containing information about the event, which event data block is sent by an events controller to a user interface manager; upon determination by the user interface manager to generate an audible report for the event based on the event data block containing information about the event, the user interface manager causes an action by an audio manager of obtaining at least one status information data of a printer, which at least one status information data comprising user identification information of at least one print job processed by the printer, which user identification information comprising job owner information associated with the at least one print job; converting, using a microprocessor, the at least one status information data into an audible report comprising a unique ringtone melody, wherein each note in the ringtone melody is determined based on the user identification information comprising job owner information; and notifying a user by delivering the audible report.