Patents by Inventor Howard Jay Siegel

Howard Jay Siegel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and systems for improved printing system sheetside dispatch in a clustered printer controller
    Patent number: 8125677
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for improved dispatching of sheetsides in a high-speed (e.g., continuous form) printing environment using multiple, clustered processors in a print controller. Features and aspects hereof utilize a stochastic mathematical model of multiple processors (compute nodes) each adapted to RIP (rasterize) raw sheetside data provided to it. The model utilizes stochastic estimates of the probability of RIP execution time to select a preferred processor of the controller and dispatches the sheetside to the preferred compute node identified as providing best probability of meeting required deadlines for RIP completion time of a raw sheetside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Vladimir V. Shestak, Howard Jay Siegel, James T. Smith, II
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED PRINTING SYSTEM SHEETSIDE DISPATCH IN A CLUSTERED PRINTER CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20090244582
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for improved dispatching of sheetsides in a high-speed (e.g., continuous form) printing environment using multiple, clustered processors in a print controller. Features and aspects hereof utilize a stochastic mathematical model of multiple processors (compute nodes) each adapted to RIP (rasterize) raw sheetside data provided to it. The model utilizes stochastic estimates of the probability of RIP execution time to select a preferred processor of the controller and dispatches the sheetside to the preferred compute node identified as providing best probability of meeting required deadlines for RIP completion time of a raw sheetside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Vladimir V. Shestak, Howard Jay Siegel, James T. Smith, II
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED PRINTING SYSTEM SHEET SIDE DISPATCH IN A CLUSTERED PRINTER CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20080055621
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for improved dispatching of sheetsides in a high-speed (e.g., continuous form) printing environment using multiple, clustered processors in a print controller. Features and aspects hereof generate, update, and utilize a mathematical model of multiple processors (compute nodes) each adapted to RIP (rasterize) raw sheetside data provided to it. A head node or control processor receives the raw sheetside files from an attached host or server, determines current processing capacity of each of the multiple compute nodes to RIP the next sheetside, and dispatches the sheetside to the compute node identified as providing the minimum RIP completion time. Various conditions may invalidate a compute node from further consideration in dispatch of a particular sheetside. Thus a valid compute node is selected based on the minimum RIP completion time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Suzanne L. Price, Vladimir V. Shestak, Howard Jay Siegel, James T. Smith, Prasanna V. Sugavanam, Larry D. Teklits