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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2012
Ravi Nallappan, Sungai Buloh, MY;
Thierry P. R. Supplisson, Cork, IE;
Wee Siang Yeap, Kuala Lumpur, MY;
Ravi Nallappan, Sungai Buloh, MY;
Thierry P. R. Supplisson, Cork, IE;
Wee Siang Yeap, Kuala Lumpur, MY;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and computer program product for managing paper consumption. Responsive to dispensing a first amount of paper from a set of paper dispensers in which the first amount of paper is dispensed for an account, the set of paper dispensers updates the account based on the first amount of paper dispensed. Responsive to receiving a second amount of paper at a set of paper disposers in which the second amount of paper is received for the account, the set of disposers updates the account based on the second amount of paper received.