SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOFENCING FOR SERVICE AVAILABILITY AND DYNAMIC PROFIT CALCULATION

摘要

Described is a system for managing a printing service incorporating: a network-connected printer disposed on a local area network, a cloud-based printing service managing a printing queue holding at least one print job, a service provider smart device and a network-connected appliance device disposed on the local area network and communicatively coupled with the network-connected printer, the network-connected appliance device being configured to determine a status of the network-connected printer, connect to the cloud-based printing service and communicate the determined status of the network-connected printer to the cloud-based printing service. The service provider smart device is configured to generate a graphical user interface on the display and receive, using the generated graphical user interface, a printing service information from a service provider and to communicate the received printing service information to the cloud-based printing service.