Patents by Inventor Luke E. Burgess

Luke E. Burgess 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).

  • Client subsystem for changing document/job attributes in a network printing system
    Patent number: 5995723
    Abstract: A client subsystem is provided for use with a network printing system including a client communicating with one or more of a plurality of print-related devices by way of a network connection. An electronic document is developed at the client and placed into a printable format with a print driver. The electronic document in the printable format includes a set of attributes respectively corresponding with a set of attribute values, the set of attribute values controlling a manner in which the electronic document is to be processed at a selected one of the plurality of print-related devices. The client subsystem includes a document routing system, communicating with the print driver and a spooler, for facilitating transmission of the electronic document in the printable format from the print driver to the spooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Sperry, Anthony E. Audi, Luke E. Burgess, Mitsuhiro Kajitani, Kiyoshi Kamishima