Patents by Inventor Bob Richards

Bob Richards 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: 8098884
    Abstract: A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Spitzig, Bob Richards, Michael Boston, David Rawlings
  • Patent number: 8036422
    Abstract: A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Spitzig, Bob Richards, Michael Boston, David Rawlings
  • Publication number: 20110182468
    Abstract: A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: BOWE BELL + HOWELL COMPANY
    Inventors: Roger Spitzig, Bob Richards, Michael Boston, David Rawlings
  • Publication number: 20110098847
    Abstract: A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: BOWE BELL + HOWELL COMPANY
    Inventors: Roger SPITZIG, Bob Richards, Michael Boston, David Rawlings
  • Publication number: 20100315692
    Abstract: A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: BOWE BELL + HOWELL COMPANY
    Inventors: Roger Spitzig, Bob Richards, Michael Boston, David Rawlings
  • Patent number: 7804979
    Abstract: A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Bowe Bell + Howell Company
    Inventors: Roger Spitzig, Bob Richards, Michael Boston, David Rawlings
  • Publication number: 20090070338
    Abstract: In the disclosed example, an Intelligence Management System (IMS) collects data pertaining to operations of resources of various document processing environments operated by different entities into a database. The IMS processes data from the database according to criteria, to generate at least one anonymous performance metric representing operational performance of resources within a number of the document processing environments. The anonymous metric may be presented to a user, such as personnel of one of the operating entities. If the user has sufficient access privileges, the IMS may also generate a similar client specific metric from data for one or more environments with which the user is associated, for example, to allow benchmark comparison of the operational performance of the associated environment(s) against the anonymous performance metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Roger Spitzig, Michael J. Maselli, Bob Richards, Victor Tolomei, Mark G. Mackelprang, Alexander Murray, Eric Moreau
  • Publication number: 20080016170
    Abstract: A Resource Connectivity Module (RCM) with an associated interface for network communication to/from a user terminal device provides a uniform user interface for a number of different types of management functions across diverse resources within a mail processing environment. The example uses a browser interface that offers a web interface, to provide an interactive user interface to the mail management functions via the terminal. The RCM implements one or more management control modules, e.g. for reporting and/or control functions in respective function categories. The exemplary RCM also includes one or more resource message handlers communicating with systems of the mail processing environment, e.g. in different protocols. An event handler extracts event data from message data at the message handlers for use by the management control modules and provides necessary data to the message handlers for transmissions responsive to event data from the management control modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Mark MacKelprang, Michael Maselli, Roger Spitzing, Victor Tolomei, Bob Richards
  • Publication number: 20070244823
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to systems and methods related to licensing and licensing activation. In particular, the present subject matter relates to a system and method for managing the overall licensing and function/feature deployment process throughout an enterprise, and more particularly, to product licensing and product function or feature enablement of products in a secured manner by way of the activation of a security device. More particularly, the present approach involves allowing for the customization of a security device to accommodate product updates and/or new product functions or features to be enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: BOWE BELL + HOWELL COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Motley, David Rawlings, Bob Richards, Victor Tolomei, Roger Spitzig, Eric Moreau
  • Publication number: 20070244824
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to systems and methods related to licensing and licensing activation. In particular, the present subject matter relates to a system and method for managing the overall licensing and function/feature deployment process throughout an enterprise. More particularly, the present approach involves providing a user with access to a licensing system and providing access to at least one attribute of the licensing data for one or more products from the licensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: BOWE BELL + HOWELL COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Motley, David Rawlings, Bob Richards, Roger Spitzig
  • Publication number: 20050149225
    Abstract: A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Roger Spitzig, Bob Richards, Michael Boston, David Rawlings