Patents by Inventor William J. Flowers

William J. Flowers 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).

  • Systems and methods for use of profiles in multifunction devices
    Patent number: 7301659
    Abstract: A system and method for the selection and execution of a profile. The system and method comprise a data store capable of storing profiles, a user console allowing interaction between a user and a multifunction device, a communication interface adapted to allow communication via at least one communication channel and a processor in communication with the communication interface, the data store and the user console. The processor receives a profile from a profile source via the communication interface, stores the received profile in the data store, receives an indicator corresponding to a selected profile and executes the selected profile to perform an operation of the multifunction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Timperman, Charles E. Grieshaber, Christopher R. Nash, Ronald D. Parrott, Craig A. Rudolph, Timothy S. Seevers, Suzanne M. Thompson, William J. Flowers, Allen W. Waugerman
  • Systems and methods for use of profiles in multifunction devices
    Publication number: 20040042027
    Abstract: A system and method for the selection and execution of a profile. The system and method comprise a data store capable of storing profiles, a user console allowing interaction between a user and a multifunction device, a communication interface adapted to allow communication via at least one communication channel and a processor in communication with the communication interface, the data store and the user console. The processor receives a profile from a profile source via the communication interface, stores the received profile in the data store, receives an indicator corresponding to a selected profile and executes the selected profile to perform an operation of the multifunction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Michael R. Timperman, Charles E. Grieshaber, Christopher R. Nash, Ronald D. Parrott, Craig A. Rudolph, Timothy S. Seevers, Suzanne M. Thompson, William J. Flowers, Allen W. Waugerman
  • Intuitive touchscreen interface for a multifunction device and method therefor
    Publication number: 20040021698
    Abstract: A graphical interface for a multifunction device that comprises a touch sensitive display, a system processor and a system data store. The touch sensitive display is capable of displaying graphical objects from a layer within a hierarchy of graphical objects that are representative of multifunction device operatives and of recognizing a selection of a graphical object by a user. The system processor is capable of causing a multifunction device to perform a particular operation in response to a selection of a graphical object representing that operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Amanda K. Baldwin, William J. Flowers, Charles E. Grieshaber, Michael R. Timperman, Mila M. Turbek, Allen W. Waugerman