Patents by Inventor Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee
Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee 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).
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Patent number: 10445625Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes detecting an object within Advanced Presentation Document (AFP) print data and inserting a Metadata Object Content Architecture 2.0 (MOCA-2) object into the AFP print data to associate contextual information with a component of data within the object.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: John Barker Condon, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis
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Patent number: 10331861Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for piecewise encryption of Page Description Language (PDL) print jobs. One embodiment is a method that includes receiving a Page Description Language (PDL) print job at a printer, wherein the print job includes segments of PDL content, and includes unencrypted PDL content. For each of the segments within the print job, the method includes detecting an identifier (ID) for the segment, correlating the ID with an encryption key stored at the printer, and decrypting the segment at the printer via the encryption key. The method further includes printing the print job, including each segment that has been decrypted.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: John Barker Condon, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis
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Patent number: 10303740Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving Final Form presentation document data and inserting one or more alternate Mark-Up formats at each of one or more document components identified in the document data.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Harry Reese Lewis, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Roger Lee Buis
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Patent number: 10146486Abstract: Systems and methods for preserving logical page order in a print job. One embodiment is a system that includes an interface that receives a print job having documents, and a controller that identifies different groups of logical pages belonging to different documents. The controller inserts an identifier into each logical page of the different groups that distinguishes logical pages of different documents, and directs the print job into a print workflow that comprises an ordered set of activities to perform upon the documents. The controller also obtains layout information that indicates a placement of one or more logical pages on a sheet, retrieves identifiers from each of the one or more logical pages of the sheet, and detects a print error based on a difference in the identifiers retrieved for the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: John Barker Condon, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis
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Publication number: 20180181349Abstract: Systems and methods for preserving logical page order in a print job. One embodiment is a system that includes an interface that receives a print job having documents, and a controller that identifies different groups of logical pages belonging to different documents. The controller inserts an identifier into each logical page of the different groups that distinguishes logical pages of different documents, and directs the print job into a print workflow that comprises an ordered set of activities to perform upon the documents. The controller also obtains layout information that indicates a placement of one or more logical pages on a sheet, retrieves identifiers from each of the one or more logical pages of the sheet, and detects a print error based on a difference in the identifiers retrieved for the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: John Barker Condon, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis
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Publication number: 20180150619Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for piecewise encryption of Page Description Language (PDL) print jobs. One embodiment is a method that includes receiving a Page Description Language (PDL) print job at a printer, wherein the print job includes segments of PDL content, and includes unencrypted PDL content. For each of the segments within the print job, the method includes detecting an identifier (ID) for the segment, correlating the ID with an encryption key stored at the printer, and decrypting the segment at the printer via the encryption key. The method further includes printing the print job, including each segment that has been decrypted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: John Barker Condon, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis
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Publication number: 20180121142Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving Final Form presentation document data and inserting one or more alternate Mark-Up formats at each of one or more document components identified in the document data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Harry Reese Lewis, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Roger Lee Buis
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Patent number: 9778893Abstract: A method is disclosed including a print controller receiving print job data defined according to a first language, receiving a job ticket defined according to a second language, processing the print job data according to the second language and implementing counters defined according to the first language to track progress while processing the print job data.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis, Claudia Alimpich, David E. Stone, Dennis Carney
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Publication number: 20170083801Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes detecting an object within Advanced Presentation Document (AFP) print data and inserting a Metadata Object Content Architecture 2.0 (MOCA-2) object into the AFP print data to associate contextual information with a component of data within the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: John Barker Condon, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis
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Publication number: 20140085649Abstract: A method is disclosed including a print controller receiving print job data defined according to a first language, receiving a job ticket defined according to a second language, processing the print job data according to the second language and implementing counters defined according to the first language to track progress while processing the print job data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis, David E. Stone, Claudia Alimpich, Dennis Carney
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Patent number: 8681368Abstract: A method of communicating non-native print objects in MO:DCA Architecture for controlling and operating RFID writer or reader devices without requiring separate control data streams or systems to be implemented at the host computer. Data references and command identifiers are placed by application program means at the host computer into the page description data so that RFID information can be retrieved and downloaded to the printer and RFID apparatus when the print data is being processed in the print server or main processor of the printer without interfering with normal operation of the printer itself.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: InfoPrint Solutions Company, LLCInventors: Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Louis Stephen Sickenius, David Earl Stone, John Thomas Varga
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Publication number: 20140071473Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes generating an object container in a host page description language (PDL) to process generic data objects that are not native to the host PDL, enabling an external object to reference an external object and mapping the external object to a library name familiar to the host PDL.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Harry Reese Lewis
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Patent number: 8161067Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing complex presentation objects using globally-unique identifiers. Downloaded objects are identified by globally-unique identifiers to maintain object integrity and to facilitate capturing downloaded objects for reuse without additional download time overhead. An object may be referenced by selected indicia, such as a name, a globally-unique identifier or a globally-unique identifier and an object locator, The object is located by the selected indicia. Then, a decision is made whether to allow capture of the object based upon whether the selected indicia includes a globally-unique identifier and is secure.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Craig D Brossman, Robert William Goings, Arthur Ray Roberts, John Thomas Varga, Calvin Larry Doescher, Lynn Mette Mastie, David Earl Stone, Dwight Ross Palmer
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Patent number: 7944593Abstract: The management of color presented at end point devices such as a display or printer is based on the implementation of a Color Management Resource (herein also CMR). A CMR is an architected resource stored accessibly to a print server or other processor that is used to carry all of the color management information required to render a print file, document, page, or data object. The invention here described is particularly focused on a color conversion type of CMR and defines a new type here called a Link Color Conversion CMR. In particular, a unique descriptor is tied to each input and output color conversion rule. A linked color conversion rule, created by combining the input and output color conversion, is created. The linked color conversion structure contains three parts—the descriptor of the input color conversion rule, the descriptor of the output color conversion rule, and the combined color conversion rule.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Infoprint Solutions Company, LLCInventors: Jean Margaret Aschenbrenner, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Yue Qiao, Nenad Rijavec, David Earl Stone
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Patent number: 7733509Abstract: A printing system and method for printing XML files directly using a formatting template is disclosed. The formatting template includes an XML Descriptor (XMD) associated with each XML data element in a tree structure of the XML document. XML Descriptors (XMDs) are identified by an associated qualified tag. The qualified tag includes a concatenation of a plurality of XML start tags representing start tags hierarchically traversed in the tree structure of the XML document to reach the XML data element associated therewith. The XMDs provide formatting to content associated with the XML data element. A printer prints the rendered XML document according to the template using the XMDs.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Infoprint Solutions Company, LLCInventors: Roger Lee Buis, Steven Mark Gebert, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee
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Publication number: 20100053665Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print file, removing images from the print file, replacing each image with a reference to the image, storing each image removed from the print file; and printing the print file. Each image is retrieved from storage to be printed upon encountering a reference to the image during printing of the print file.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Stephen Goddard Price, Guy L. Johnston, Edward Chatcavage, Ronald D. Parrish, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Arthur R. Roberts, Nenad Rijavec
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Patent number: 7663772Abstract: A command is provided as a means to instruct a printer to pre-rasterize and store presentation objects according to specified presentation parameters. The stored rasterized objects are available to the printer for use during printing when a print job is submitted to the printer which includes a presentation object already rasterized, saving significant processing at print time. The rasterized objects are stored with information identifying the object and the parameters used in the rasterization process and the printer is enabled to identify the appropriate rasterized object for inclusion in the print job. Objects may also be selected by a printer at print time as most closely matching the required parameters and then adjusted as needed at print time to completely conform with the requirements of inclusion in the job. This capability allows the printer to perform trimming-on-the-fly or other real-time operations while enjoying the time-saving benefits of a pre-rasterized object.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2004Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Infoprint Solutions Company, LLCInventors: Jean Margaret Aschenbrenner, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, David Earl Stone, John Thomas Varga, Rose Ellen Visoski, Raymond Glenn Wardell
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Patent number: 7562294Abstract: A method and apparatus for formatting a computer-generated document for output, such as printing, is provided. Information necessary to generate a document is extracted from a database. The extraction program assigns a layout identifier to each data record retrieved from the database based on the type of information contained within the data record and how the information is to be formatted in the document. A layout program assigns specific layout parameters to each layout identifier, which specify the placement of an associated print data record within a document. Next, a formatting program applies the set of layout parameters to a data stream containing a plurality of data records to create a formatted document. The various elements of the invention such as the data extraction program, the database, the layout program and the formatter, may be integrated into a single software program, co-resident on a single computer system, or distributed across various computer systems on a network.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1999Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: InfoPrint Solutions Company LLCInventors: Roger L. Buis, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Susan Cheryl McElrafth, Alan Lee Middendorf, Jamsie R. Treppendahl
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Patent number: 7436546Abstract: The Management of color presented at end point devices such as a display or printer is based on the implementation of a Color Management Resource (CR). A CMR is an architected resource stored accessibly to a print server or other processor that is used to carry all of the color management information required to render a print file, document, page, or data object.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Infoprint Solutions Company, LLCInventors: Jean Margaret Aschenbrenner, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Yue Qiao, Nenad Rijavec, David Earl Stone
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Patent number: 7430063Abstract: The management of color presented at end point devices such as a display or printer is based on the implementation of a Color Management Resource (CMR). A CMR is an architected resource stored accessibly to a print server or other processor that is used to carry all of the color management information required to render a print file, document, page, or data object.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Infoprint Soultions Company, LLCInventors: Jean Margaret Aschenbrenner, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Yue Qiao, Nenad Rijavec, David Earl Stone