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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Shanmuga-nathan Gnanasambandam, State College, PA (US);
Tracy E. Thieret, Webster, NY (US);
Naveen Sharma, Fairport, NY (US);
Shanmuga-Nathan Gnanasambandam, State College, PA (US);
Tracy E. Thieret, Webster, NY (US);
Naveen Sharma, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for automatically organizing devices in a network are disclosed. Information may be collected for a plurality of devices in a predetermined area over a predetermined period of time. The information may include device location information and device information for one or more user groups. Each user group may include one or more users. An average preference for each user group may be determined for each device based on the device usage information. The plurality of devices may be organized automatically into a plurality of clusters based on at least the determined average preferences. Each cluster may include one or more devices.