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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Oleksandr Zinchenko, Concord, CA (US);
Oleksandr Osadchyy, Concord, CA (US);
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to distributed printing device management methods and devices. One example embodiment includes a method. The method includes receiving, at a first server within a network of distributed servers, an operation to be executed on a printing device. The method also includes transmitting, by the first server, a notification, to other servers within the network of distributed servers, indicating that the operation is available for execution. Further, the method includes receiving, at the first server, a response, from a second server within the network of distributed servers, indicating that the second server is available to execute the operation. Additionally, the method includes transmitting, by the first server, details associated with the operation to the second server. In addition, the method includes receiving, by the first server, a message from the second server indicating that the second server executed the operation on the printing device.