Patents by Inventor Andy Plaza

Andy Plaza 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).

  • Managing fleet of output devices and detecting change in operations thereof
    Patent number: 10250468
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, applications, methodologies and other tools for managing a fleet of output devices are configured to determine whether a substantial change in operations of the fleet of output devices has occurred, based on a comparison of a normal state of plural fleet metrics determined for the fleet over a predetermined period of time with a current state of the plural fleet metrics. When such a change is detected, an alert notification is generated and transmitted to a specified alert destination. Further, the alert notification may include a user-operable part to request a summary of the changes to the fleet as a whole or to operations of the fleet as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Andy Plaza
  • MANAGING FLEET OF OUTPUT DEVICES AND DETECTING CHANGE IN OPERATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180013642
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, applications, methodologies and other tools for managing a fleet of output devices can be configured to detect a substantial change in operations of the fleet of output devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Andy Plaza
  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160373321
    Abstract: Tools for managing a fleet of information technology devices can be configured to assist to determine whether a managed device should be replaced, such as based on a projected lifespan of the device, and can be configured to output recommendations of devices as replacements to the device that has reached the end of its lifespan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Andy Plaza
  • DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120044088
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for managing network-connected devices that employ an RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicants: RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION, RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Andy Plaza