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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventor:

Benjamin Hoopes, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G06Q 20/127 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example of an apparatus includes a network interface to receive print data from a device, the print data associated with a first subscription service. The apparatus also includes a memory storage unit to store the print data including a database of subscription services, wherein the database of subscription services includes the first subscription service and a second subscription service. In addition, the apparatus includes a subscription manager to manage the database of subscription services. The subscription manager deducts print credit from a first subscription service account based on the print data. The apparatus includes a selection engine to select a printing device for the print data, wherein the printing device is associated with the second subscription service.


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