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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Robert Keane, Arlington, MA (US);
Erik Robertson, Sainte Maxime, FR;
Sebastien Coursol, Montauroux, FR;
Inventors:
Robert Keane, Arlington, MA (US);
Erik Robertson, Sainte Maxime, FR;
Sebastien Coursol, Montauroux, FR;
Assignee:
Vistaprint USA, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods for managing print jobs. One such method includes (a) accumulating discrete print jobs electronically from respective customers, (b) aggregating the discrete print jobs into aggregate print jobs, each of the aggregate print jobs being printable at one time on units of an integral print medium, and (c) electronically distributing the aggregate print jobs to respective printers for printing.