Patents by Inventor Michael E. Worley

Michael E. Worley 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).

  • Printer control apparatus for remotely modifying local printer by configuration signals from remote host to produce customized printing control codes
    Patent number: 5481742
    Abstract: A printer control apparatus includes a modem for receiving text data in the EBCDIC protocol and generic printer control codes from a host data base and a converter for converting the received information to drive a non-standard printer. A preprogrammed EPROM in cooperation with a CPU, converts the EBCDIC protocol language to the ASCII language. An EEPROM is remotely programmed to store printer control codes which are peculiar to the specific printer being supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Worley, James M. Armstrong