Patents by Inventor Alvin Scholten

Alvin Scholten 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).

  • Patent number: 7079264
    Abstract: A computer system and method for outputting printer commands to a printer in response to a print request from an application program are presented. The printer includes a device font whose characters are addressed for printing via a single, double, or n-byte code. The text data, however, utilizes the Unicode Standard to identify its characters. The system, therefore, includes a graphics device interface, which is compatible to read the Unicode data, to invoke the printer driver functions for controlling the outputting of the text data to the printer. A printer OEM supplied minidriver contains a characterization of the printer, including information identifying the device font resident in the printer and the code used to identify the individual characters of the font. A printer driver uses this information to translate the text data to be printed from the Unicode Standard to a code capable of selecting a device font provided character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
  • Publication number: 20050219598
    Abstract: A computer system and method for outputting printer commands to a printer in response to a print request from an application program are presented. The printer includes a device font whose characters are addressed for printing via a single, double, or n-byte code. The text data, however, utilizes the Unicode Standard to identify its characters. The system, therefore, includes a graphics device interface, which is compatible to read the Unicode data, to invoke the printer driver functions for controlling the outputting of the text data to the printer. A printer OEM supplied minidriver contains a characterization of the printer, including information identifying the device font resident in the printer and the code used to identify the individual characters of the font. A printer driver uses this information to translate the text data to be printed from the Unicode Standard to a code capable of selecting a device font provided character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
  • Patent number: 6919966
    Abstract: A computer system and method for outputting printer commands to a printer in response to a print request from an application program are presented. The printer includes a device font whose characters are addressed for printing via a single, double, or n-byte code. The text data, however, utilizes the Unicode Standard to identify its characters. The system, therefore, includes a graphics device interface, which is compatible to read the Unicode data, to invoke the printer driver functions for controlling the outputting of the text data to the printer. A printer OEM supplied minidriver contains a characterization of the printer, including information identifying the device font resident in the printer and the code used to identify the individual characters of the font. A printer driver uses this information to translate the text data to be printed from the Unicode Standard to a code capable of selecting a device font provided character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
  • Patent number: 6825941
    Abstract: A modular Universal Printer Driver is provided which dramatically improves the extensibility of the driver architecture and the support for printer features. This driver operates in conjunction with OEM developed minidrivers which utilize the text based Generic Printer Description (GPD) format of the instant invention. The universal driver allows the GPD text based minidrivers to add and define new features introduced by the printer OEM. The universal driver also allows the GPD minidriver to modify, add, or replace the standard user interface provided by the universal driver. The universal driver and the text based GPD minidrivers are included in a computer system for outputting data to an output device, such as a printer. This system includes an application program which invokes a plurality of graphics device interface functions to control the sending of data to the printer. Within the system, a graphics device interface invokes device driver functions for controlling the outputting of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
  • Publication number: 20030142333
    Abstract: A computer system and method for outputting printer commands to a printer in response to a print request from an application program are presented. The printer includes a device font whose characters are addressed for printing via a single, double, or n-byte code. The text data, however, utilizes the Unicode Standard to identify its characters. The system, therefore, includes a graphics device interface, which is compatible to read the Unicode data, to invoke the printer driver functions for controlling the outputting of the text data to the printer. A printer OEM supplied minidriver contains a characterization of the printer, including information identifying the device font resident in the printer and the code used to identify the individual characters of the font. A printer driver uses this information to translate the text data to be printed from the Unicode Standard to a code capable of selecting a device font provided character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
  • Patent number: 6490051
    Abstract: A computer system and method for outputting printer commands to a printer in response to a print request from an application program are presented. The printer includes a device font whose characters are addressed for printing via a single, double, or n-byte code. The text data to be printed, however, utilizes the Unicode Standard to identify its characters. The system, therefore, includes a graphics device interface, which is compatible to read the Unicode data, to invoke the printer driver functions for controlling the outputting of the text data to the printer. A printer OEM supplied minidriver contains a characterization of the printer, including information identifying the device font resident in the printer and the code used to identify the individual characters of the font. A printer driver uses this information to translate the text data to be printed from the Unicode Standard to a code capable of selecting a device font provided character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
  • Patent number: 6476925
    Abstract: A system and method of printing documents having merged text and graphics is presented which overcomes the Z-order problem of merging text and graphics on a raster printer and which enhances printing performance. The system and method analyze a location of the text and graphics elements to be printed to determine if and where any potential merging problems exist. In these regions, the system and method selectively redraws the text as part of the merged bitmap graphic. The remainder of the text on the document is printed with device resident fonts, either directly or through downloading the device font, if possible. This greatly enhances printing performance. If the text information is not supported or supportable by a device font, the text elements are drawn as bitmaps to be printed by the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
  • Patent number: 6377354
    Abstract: A system and method of printing documents having merged text and graphics is presented which overcomes the Z-order problem of merging text and graphics on a raster printer and which enhances printing performance. The system and method analyze a location of the text and graphics elements to be printed to determine if and where any potential merging problems exist. In these regions, the system and method selectively redraws the text as part of the merged bitmap graphic. The remainder of the text on the document is printed with device resident fonts, either directly or through downloading the device font, if possible. This greatly enhances printing performance. If the text information is not supported or supportable by a device font, the text elements are drawn as bitmaps to be printed by the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
  • Publication number: 20020039198
    Abstract: A system and method of printing documents having merged text and graphics is presented which overcomes the Z-order problem of merging text and graphics on a raster printer and which enhances printing performance. The system and method analyze a location of the text and graphics elements to be printed to determine if and where any potential merging problems exist. In these regions, the system and method selectively redraws the text as part of the merged bitmap graphic. The remainder of the text on the document is printed with device resident fonts, either directly or through downloading the device font, if possible. This greatly enhances printing performance. If the text information is not supported or supportable by a device font, the text elements are drawn as bitmaps to be printed by the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong