Patent Document ID: 9514429
Application ID: 14467510
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: a communications network communicatively coupling a computing device with a plurality of resources that comprise at least two of an inserting device, sorting device, and printing device, wherein the plurality of resources are located in one or more different countries than that of the computing device; and the computing device comprising: a communications module configured to communicate over the communications network with the plurality of resources; a memory configured to store job information and model information, wherein the model information identifies a utilization rating of each of the plurality of resources located in the one or more different countries, and wherein the model information further identifies a cost per piece of each of the plurality resources located in one or more different countries, the memory comprising non-volatile memory for storing computer-executable instructions; and a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising: receiving the job information; using the model information to automatically identify a desirable resource to execute a job corresponding to the job information, wherein the desirable resource is a first resource, which is located in a country different than that of the computing device, with a best utilization ranking as compared to utilization rankings of the other resources of the plurality of resources; communicating with the desirable resource to cause the desirable resource to prepare to process the job information; sending the job information to the desirable resource in a country different than that of the computing device, wherein the desirable resource comprises at least one of the printing device, the inserting device, and the sorting device, wherein the printing device causes a printed job to be printed before being mailed from that country of the desirable resource; and receiving reporting information from the desirable resource, the reporting information being associated with the job information.