Patents by Inventor Kenneth Joseph O'Hara

Kenneth Joseph O'Hara 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).

  • Method and apparatus for avoiding unnecessary computer peripheral calibration activities
    Patent number: 6915353
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining an appropriate recalibration duty cycle. The method instructs a network connected computer peripheral to access one or more servers to retrieve a timestamp. Retrieved timestamps are used to calculate the elapsed time since the last trigger-event (e.g., last calibration, printing activity, time of power-off, or the like). If the calculated elapsed time is less than a predetermined or dynamically determined threshold, the method instructs the peripheral to omit otherwise implemented calibration activities, e.g., a power surge reboot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Theresa A. Burkes, George Bernhard Clifton, Steven Robert Folkner, Angela Kay Hanson, Kenneth Joseph O'Hara
  • Method and apparatus for avoiding unnecessary computer peripheral calibration activities
    Publication number: 20030028691
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining an appropriate recalibration duty cycle. The method instructs a network connected computer peripheral to access one or more servers to retrieve a timestamp. Retrieved timestamps are used to calculate the elapsed time since the last trigger-event (e.g., last calibration, printing activity, time of power-off, or the like). If the calculated elapsed time is less than a predetermined or dynamically determined threshold, the method instructs the peripheral to omit otherwise implemented calibration activities, e.g., a power surge reboot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Theresa A. Burkes, George Bernhard Clifton, Steven Robert Folkner, Angela Kay Hanson, Kenneth Joseph O'Hara