Patents Assigned to Hewlett-Packard and Development Company, L.P.
  • Cellular telephone protocol adaptive printing
    Patent number: 8860992
    Abstract: A cellular telephone protocol adaptive printing system includes a mobile device protocol logic configured to transmit a print job from a cellular telephone to an image forming device, pursuant to a print data transmission protocol; and a content transforming logic configured to process a print item into the print job pursuant to the print data transmission protocol supported by the mobile device protocol logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Phillip A. McCoog, Leo Robert Blume, Rabindra Pathak, Michael Strittmatter
  • System and method for measuring the effect of interruptions on software application usability
    Patent number: 8862945
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present techniques may request a user to execute a task using a software application under test. An interruption may be generated that interrupts the user while the user is attempting to complete the task, and measuring an effect of the interruption on the ability of the user to successfully complete the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Guy Verbest
  • Arranging graphic objects on a page with relative position based control
    Patent number: 8862986
    Abstract: A user-specified layout of graphic objects is received. A relative layout specification is derived from the user-specified layout. The relative layout specification describes relative positions of the graphic objects. A final layout of the graphic objects is determined in accordance with the relative layout specification. The final layout includes a specification of size dimensions and positions of the graphic objects on a page. The final layout of graphic objects is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: C. Brian Atkins, Gary L. Vondran, Xiaofan Lin
  • Visualizing sentiment results with visual indicators representing user sentiment and level of uncertainty
    Patent number: 8862577
    Abstract: Sentiment analysis of user feedback is performed, using uncertainty rules. Different levels of uncertainty associated with sentiment results of the sentiment analysis are determined, where the sentiment results identify user sentiments contained in the user feedback. At least one visualization of the sentiment result is provided, where the visualization has first visual indicators to represent respective user sentiments, and second visual indicators associated with the first visual indicators to represent respective levels of uncertainty associated with the respective user sentiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ming C. Hao, Christian Rohrdantz, Umeshwar Dayal
  • Fluid supply housing
    Patent number: 8857960
    Abstract: A fluid supply housing includes a fluid chamber, a fluid slot distanced from the fluid chamber and a head surface. The fluid supply housing includes a fluid channel between the fluid chamber and the fluid slot. The fluid channel has a passageway that is straight and has a constant slope with respect to the head surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Teck Keong Ng, Thiam Teng Ong
  • Ink supply reservoir
    Patent number: 8857933
    Abstract: A reservoir of an ink supply system is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin Campion, Aaron Barclay, Chad Beery, Randy Johnston
  • Selectively unlocking a core root of trust for measurement (CRTM)
    Patent number: 8863309
    Abstract: A computer system is provided that comprises a processor and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) module coupled to the processor. The BIOS module stores a Core Root of Trust for Measurement (CRTM), wherein the CRTM selectively unlocks itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Lan Wang, David J. DeLisle
  • Communication bridge
    Patent number: 8863152
    Abstract: Presented is a method and system for providing a communication bridge between two computer technologies. The method includes defining interfaces for the two computer technologies, wherein each interface includes certain parameters, generating classes that contain methods in the two computer technologies, based on the parameters included in the interfaces, publishing the interfaces for invocation of methods between the two computer technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sudhindra Kumar Thokur Lakshminarayanan, Kavita Chidanand Masur
  • PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140300925
    Abstract: According to one example, there is provided a method of controlling a printing system. The method comprises: obtaining a print job to print on a substrate; obtaining a value of a factor material to an undesirable condition occurring; determining a quantity of printing fluid to be deposited on a substrate when printing a portion of the print job; determining, based on the obtained value and the determined quantity of printing fluid to be deposited, whether the undesirable condition is likely to occur whilst printing the portion of the print job; and temporarily reducing the throughput of the printing system whilst printing the portion of the print job where it is determined that the undesirable condition is likely to occur whilst printing the portion of the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
  • PRINT PEN CAPPING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140300664
    Abstract: A print pen capping apparatus for a printer comprises a cap station carrying one or more caps, wherein the cap station is moveable between a retracted position in which the cap station is arranged at a side of a print media path and a capping position adjacent the media path for capping the print pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Rafael P. Ulacia, David F. Soriano, Luis Garcia
  • DATA STORAGE
    Publication number: 20140304469
    Abstract: Storage drives configured as an m-way mirroring disk array with a primary set with a primary portion on each storage drive member in the array and (m?1) mirror sets with mirror portions on each storage drive member in the array to store duplicated data blocks of the primary set, each of the drives to have a primary portion and at least one mirror portion arranged in a stacked configuration. Generate primary write requests to write the data blocks to one or more of the primary portions of the primary set of the plurality of drives, and generate a corresponding mirroring requests to write the duplicated data blocks to corresponding mirror portions of the mirror sets of the drives, wherein, to preserve data redundancy, the primary portion and the corresponding one or more mirror portions with the duplicated data of the primary portion are to reside on different drives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
    Inventor: Chiung-Sheng Wu
  • RECOVERING A FAILURE IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140304549
    Abstract: A technique of recovering a failure in a data processing system comprises recording a number of input channels and sequence numbers for a number of input tuples transferred to a recipient task, recording a number of output channels and sequence numbers for a number of output tuples, and if a failure occurs, resolving the input and output channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Meichun Hsu, Qiming Chen, Maria G. Castellanos
  • NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DATA TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20140302785
    Abstract: A device includes a near field communication (NFC) module that stores data and a list of devices authorized to receive the data. A request for the data is received at the NFC module from a second device while the device is operating in a first mode. The data is transferred from the NFC module to the second device using NFC communications protocol based on a determination that the second device is an authorized device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Puneet Kumar Arora, Vijaykumar Nayak
  • RECOVERING A FAILURE IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140304545
    Abstract: A technique of recovering a failure in a data processing system comprises restoring a checkpointed state in a last window, and resending all the input messages received at the second node during the failed window boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
  • MOBILE WEB-BASED PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING A CONTEXTUAL ALIGNMENT VIEW OF A CORPUS OF DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20140304264
    Abstract: A content platform for providing a mobile, web-based contextual alignment view of a corpus of documents is disclosed. A corpus of documents is mined to identify a set of topics. Each document in the corpus is analyzed to determine a set of opinions associated with the set of topics, the set of opinions including a corpus opinion. Each document in the corpus is classified based on alignment with the corpus opinion. The corpus of documents is presented to the user according to the document classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Joshua Hailpern, Bernardo Huberman
  • MEMORY MODULE HAVING MULTIPLE MEMORY BANKS SELECTIVELY CONNECTABLE TO A LOCAL MEMORY CONTROLLER AND AN EXTERNAL MEMORY CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20140304462
    Abstract: A memory module includes memory banks, a local memory controller to access data in the memory banks, and an interface to an external memory controller that is configured to access the memory module. Multiplexing circuitry selectively connects the memory banks to the local memory controller and to the interface to the external memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Raghavan V. Venugopal, William C. Hallowell
  • OPTIMIZING ANALYTIC FLOWS
    Publication number: 20140303933
    Abstract: A technique of optimizing analytic flows includes sampling source data using a sampling method, executing a flow over the sampled data, obtaining runtime statistics from the executed flow, and combining runtime statistics with historical statistics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Alkiviadis Simitsis, William K. Wilkinson, Petar Jovanovic
  • Managing Multiple Cartridges that are Electrically Coupled Together
    Publication number: 20140304411
    Abstract: Managing multiple cartridges that are electrically coupled together includes obtaining general purpose command instructions from a chassis with a cartridge where the cartridge has a unique application and is connected to the chassis and further operating the unique application based on the general purpose command instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gerald K. Kleyn, Dwight L. Barron, Paul Anton Santeler
  • Primitive group data encoding in a data storage fabric
    Patent number: 8856404
    Abstract: A method of extending a standard primitive in a data storage fabric is disclosed. A group of primitives are combined into a sequence including the standard primitive and a variable information primitive. The variable information primitive includes data particular to a broadcast of the sequence. The sequence is broadcast through the data storage fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael G Myrah, Balaji Natrajan, Sohail Hameed
  • Controlling backlights based on angle of display and keyboard base
    Patent number: 8854307
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to turning on backlights of a keyboard. An angle of a display relative to a base or keyboard is determined or monitored. The backlights are turned on based on at least two values of the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Britt C Ashcraft, Eric Chen, Rudy Widiaman