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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2012
Daniel a Coccia, Fairport, NY (US);
Jason C Tsongas, Rochester, NY (US);
Matthew O Scrafford, Fairport, NY (US);
Daniel A Coccia, Fairport, NY (US);
Jason C Tsongas, Rochester, NY (US);
Matthew O Scrafford, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method detect and localize image forming devices in an office environment by causing a mobile wireless device to send location information of the mobile wireless device to a central server system, which may be cloud-based and to which an image forming device is networked, upon executing an information retrieval request for establishing communication with the image forming device or when initiating an image forming operation, such as a print job, in the image forming device using the mobile wireless device. Mobile wireless device location information may be used as an aid in automatically plotting and/or updating a site location indication of each image forming device on a site map or in a central database. Location information may be employed to provide a user with a series of selectable options regarding a plurality of image forming devices in a vicinity of the mobile wireless device for use.