Patents by Inventor Barbara Pappas

Barbara Pappas 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: 4754428
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for the electronic delivery of a document, originated at a local site by a source which has a printer output that normally is connected to a printer, to one or more remote locations having printers or display devices which may differ from the printer normally connected to the printer output of the document generating source. Printer command signals which normally are provided at the printer output are converted to character and position data which represent the respective characters and their horizontal and vertical positions on each page of the document. The character and position data are transmitted to a remote location, either directly or via a distribution unit which transmits a document to one or more remote locations, whereat the data is reconverted to a form for driving a printer or other display device, resulting in a line-for-line conforming copy of the original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Express Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Schultz, Andrew Gross, Barbara Pappas, George D. Shifrin, Lois Mack
  • Patent number: 4713780
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the electronic delivery of a document, originated at a local site by a source which has a printer output that normally is connected to a printer, to one or more remote locations having printers or display devices which may differ from the printer normally connected to the printer output of the document generating source. Printer command signals which normally are provided at the printer output are converted to character and position data which represent the respective characters and their horizontal and vertical positions on each page of the document. The character and position data are transmitted to a remote location, either directly or via a distribution unit which transmits a document to one or more remote locations, whereat the data is reconverted to a form of driving a printer or other display device, resulting in a line-for-line conforming copy of the original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Express Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Schultz, Andrew Gross, Barbara Pappas, George D. Shifrin, Lois Mack