Patents by Inventor Larry Mull

Larry Mull 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).

  • Publication number: 20170251125
    Abstract: According to an example, controlled content delivery may include analyzing a content forwarding rule associated with content based on metadata related to the content to determine whether to forward the content to a device. In response to a determination that the content is to be forwarded to the device, the content may be forwarded to the device for performing an action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Larry MULL, Lonnie D. MANDIGO
  • Publication number: 20170228757
    Abstract: Examples relate to coupon management. The examples disclosed herein enable receipt of a request to allocate a new coupon to a user, wherein the new coupon is associated with a first coupon distributor of a set of coupon distributors. In examples, a determination may be made, responsive to receiving the request, as to whether to allocate the new coupon to the user based on a set of delivery statuses associated with a respective set of coupons previously allocated to the user and based on information received from a printer, wherein an individual delivery status comprises information indicating whether an associated coupon has been printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Larry Mull, Lonnie D Mandigo
  • Publication number: 20140172593
    Abstract: A method includes for late content qualification includes obtaining metadata and content for each of a plurality of publications. The availability of the plurality of products for production is advertised without first confirming that content for any of the plurality of publications can be qualified. An attempt is made to qualify content for an ordered one of the publications having been advertised. The order is fulfilled with qualified content only if the attempt is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas J Gilg, Larry Mull, Jun Gu, Tammy Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8237968
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of various systems that facilitate the printing of documents. In one representative example, one arrangement includes a plurality of raster image processors, a plurality of frame brokers, and a first digital switch facilitating communication between the raster image processors and frame brokers. The arrangement also includes a plurality of printers and a second digital switch facilitating communication between the frame brokers and the printers. A central control system orchestrates a progression of frames of a plurality of documents through the raster image processors and the frame brokers to the printers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. Taylor, Larry Mull, Jon Derek Roller, David Edward Staas, Mark Ronald Newsome, Christopher R. Kempke
  • Publication number: 20100290078
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of various systems that facilitate the printing of documents. In one representative example, one arrangement includes a plurality of raster image processors, a plurality of frame brokers, and a first digital switch facilitating communication between the raster image processors and frame brokers. The arrangement also includes a plurality of printers and a second digital switch facilitating communication between the frame brokers and the printers. A central control system orchestrates a progression of frames of a plurality of documents through the raster image processors and the frame brokers to the printers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. Taylor, Larry Mull, Jon Derek Roller, David Edward Staas, Mark Ronald Newsome
  • Publication number: 20050018057
    Abstract: A method for associating metadata with captured images includes an image capture device receiving the metadata from an external source and capturing an image with the image capture device. The method continues with the image capture device associating the captured image with the metadata, wherein the metadata is received prior to capturing the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Bronstein, Donald Smith, James Barmettler, Larry Mull