Patents Examined by Douglas Q. Tran
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Patent number: 11656817Abstract: An output system, a system, and an output method. The output system communicates with an output apparatus and an information processing apparatus, and transmits, in response to a request from the output apparatus for electronic data including source identification information received from the information processing apparatus, electronic data associated with a user identified based on the source identification information to the output apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kota Dohmae, Xiaofeng Han
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Patent number: 11656807Abstract: A printing system includes: a printing device; and a server connected to the printing device via a network. The server includes a print instruction acquisition unit that acquires a print instruction by voice from a voice mediation device and a transmitter that transmits to the printing device print data for printing content based on the print instruction among printable content. The printing device receives the print data, and performs printing in accordance with the print data. The print instruction includes a list print instruction for printing a list of at least part of the printable content. When the list print instruction is acquired, the transmitter transmits list data for printing the list to the printing device. The printing device receives the list data, and prints the list in accordance with the list data.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takashi Sera, Shinichi Tsuruyama, Masaki Fukiage, Ryosuke Kakio
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Patent number: 11637942Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes an exterior member that corresponds to an exterior portion of the multifunction peripheral and that differs from an input unit that inputs an instruction for a program, a reception unit that receives an instruction for performing a process that involves an operation of the exterior member, and a notification unit that notifies a user of a position on the exterior member to be operated by the user of the multifunction peripheral when the process is performed in a case where the reception unit receives the instruction for performance.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kazuyuki Koda, Tomonori Sato, Ryusuke Nakata, Miho Morita, Tomomi Ishida, Isamu Adachi
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Patent number: 11625200Abstract: An information processing device includes an extraction unit and a confirmation unit. The extraction unit extracts a parameter different from an initial setting from among information about a combination of parameters related to a formation of an image, the information being saved in an image forming device to be operated. The confirmation unit presents the extracted parameter to a user, and prompts the user to confirm a desire to change.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Akira Kadoda, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Shun Mitsui, Tomohiko Ninomiya
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Patent number: 11625211Abstract: A printer may include a controller configured to: in a case where a predetermined instruction is obtained from a user under a situation where a service state of the printer for receiving a print job providing service from a server is a disabled state, shift the service state from the disabled state to an enabled state; in a case where a registration instruction to register printer information related to the printer in the server is obtained, send the printer information to the server; in a case where the registration instruction is obtained under the situation where the service state is the disabled state, shift the service state from the disabled state to the enabled state without obtaining the predetermined instruction from the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Ryo Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11621838Abstract: An information processing device includes a key generation portion that generates a first key associated with an electronic device when a processing request for the electronic device is received, a key transmission portion that transmits the first key to a request source of the processing request, a connection controller that when a second key is received from the request source, connects to the electronic device associated with the first key corresponding to the received second key, and a response notification portion that notifies the request source of response data from the electronic device when the response data is received from the electronic device, the response data including screen data used for controlling the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kaiho, Kaoru Takemae, Hiroshi Tatebe, Fuminori Hanaoka
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Patent number: 11609725Abstract: Disclosed is a screen display method for providing display, on a display screen included in a terminal device, for a given process to be performed for an image processing apparatus. The screen display method includes displaying, in a chat style, a plurality of instructions regarding the given process and a plurality of responses to the instructions, and providing progress display indicating a progress of the given process.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Atsushi Suzuki
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Patent number: 11609728Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a changing unit. The changing unit changes a setting of wireless communication in a location in accordance with a user who has made a reservation for the location.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Hiroyuki Funo, Satoru Tsuto, Nobuyuki Yamazoe
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Patent number: 11599316Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication section configured to perform first wireless communication or second wireless communication that is short-range wireless communication having a slower communication speed than the first wireless communication and includes a processor configured to perform communication control on the wireless communication section and perform control on job processing. The processor connects to an information processing apparatus for communication by using the second wireless communication to receive initial setting information for setting a state for enabling the job processing and receive connection setting information for connecting to an external access point by using the first wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomo Asahara, Junpei Koizumi
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Patent number: 11595886Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication section configured to perform wireless communication and a processing section configured to perform communication control for the wireless communication section. The processing section performs control for causing the wireless communication section to operate as an internal access point that acquires, from a terminal device having a history of connecting to an external access point, through the wireless communication section, frequency information used for the connection to the external access point and performs the wireless communication using a frequency based on the acquired frequency information and, with the internal access point, directly connecting to the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Keiichi Morimoto
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Patent number: 11593039Abstract: A printing system including a first printer and a second printer is provided with: a job group creation unit that creates a job group defining a plurality of jobs to be grouped and a print order thereof; a job group storage unit that stores information on the print order of the plurality of jobs; a job group updating unit that updates the information on the print order stored in the job group storage unit based on information on an output order when printing is executed by the second printer; and a print instruction unit that instructs the first printer to execute printing based on the plurality of jobs in the print order stored in the job group storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaki Tsujita, Yoshihiko Onogawa, Hiroshi Nishide
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Patent number: 11588951Abstract: An image processing apparatus may include a processor including a processing unit, a creating unit, and an output unit. The processing unit stores image data created by executing a job in a storage unit. The creating unit creates an information code representing information indicating a storage area of the storage unit in which the image data is stored. The output unit displays the information code created by the creating unit on a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasukazu Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11579823Abstract: A server system connectable to a print system including a transmission unit configured to transmit received print data to a printer includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an amount of a consumable which is used for printing of transmitted print data to the printer, and a placement unit configured to place an order for the consumable to be used by the printer, based on the acquired information.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyuki Saito
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Patent number: 11579814Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of reducing the labor and time expended by a user for an instruction in reservation printing is provided. The information processing apparatus performs communication with a server for storing files and an image forming apparatus for printing files. The information processing apparatus includes a file obtaining unit configured to obtain files shown in a print candidate file list generated based on a priority setting indicating priorities of files stored in the server among a plurality of files stored in the server, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the obtained files to the image forming apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoya Kakutani, Akira Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11575800Abstract: A system and method for managing print services between multifunction peripherals and a print server includes a connector server. The connector server subscribes to event notifications from each multifunction peripheral through two or more network adapters. Events are relayed from the connector server to the print server, irrespective as to which network adapter receives them. The connector server also relays web content between the multifunction peripheral and the print server.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Inventors: William Su, Christopher Nguyen
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Patent number: 11567712Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first control circuit, a second control circuit, and a third control circuit. The first control circuit communicates with an information processing device. The second control circuit is configured to communicate with the first control circuit. The third control circuit is configured to communicate with the second control circuit and control a printer. The first control circuit is configured to receive print information from the information processing device during a power-saving mode and control the start of the second control circuit based on the print information. The second control circuit is configured to control a power supply to the third control circuit based on the start by the first control circuit and transmit, to the third control circuit, a warm-up start instruction for the printer based on the print information acquired from the first control circuit after communication with the third control circuit becomes possible.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoki Terada
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Patent number: 11556294Abstract: A peer-to-peer network of printing devices is configured to share printing device information, such as job queue status, configuration information, and resource information for automated load balancing, capability matching, failover, and print splitting operations. A digital front end (DFE) of a printing device establishes connections with the DFEs of other printing devices to manage output within the peer-to-peer network in an automated manner. When a print job is received at a DFE for a printing device, it is evaluated to determine how to best manage the output for the print job.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Javier A. Morales
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Patent number: 11553105Abstract: Methods and systems for secure media processing may be used to execute and certify a digital media asset by verifying that the digital media asset is authentic and has not been altered since capture. In some cases, these secure media processing techniques may be used in the mobile certification and execution application and a corresponding server system. The mobile application and the corresponding server system may automatically generate finalized documents upon receiving certified digital media and the corresponding metadata from the users. The digital media and other information from the users may be received while the user is in communication with other users. A biometric and artificial intelligent feature recognition system may be utilized to receive biometric data and verify identity. Data transferred to a secure server are accessible by various parties involved in the certification and execution process to provide transparency.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: ImageKeeper, LLCInventors: Jerry Speasl, Michael Patterson, Marc Roberts
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Patent number: 11550524Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: store document information of a document in a predetermined storage region when processing that does not include a storing process of the document is executed on the document; display the document information stored in the predetermined storage region on a display when executing processing, the document information including at least one item of the document information, and cause a user to select an item of the document information from the at least one item of the document information; and execute processing by using the selected item of the document information.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Makoto Hamada
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Patent number: 11550519Abstract: A terminal device includes a first acquisition unit acquiring identification information of a target terminal device in a communicable state with a printing apparatus, a second acquisition unit acquiring respective pieces of identification information of one or more search terminal devices searched based on transmission of one or more search signals for searching for the target terminal device, a third acquisition unit acquiring respective pieces of distance information indicating distances to the one or more search terminal devices, and a notification controller. The notification controller causes a notifier to provide a notification of the distance information indicating a distance to the search terminal device identified by a target identification information, that is identification information identical to the identification information of the target terminal device acquired by the first acquisition unit, among the respective pieces of distance information acquired by the third acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Akio Takamoto