Patents by Inventor Charles R. Carlson

Charles R. Carlson 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).

  • Publication number: 20140201073
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing a document processing device of a consumer. According to one embodiment, a registration request for a managed print service (MPS) plan is received from a retailer selling the MPS plan to the consumer. The MPS plan includes a plurality of credits. The MPS plan is associated with an MPS account of the consumer based on the registration request, and the document processing device is associated with the MPS plan. Data regarding a remaining life of a consumable of the document processing device or usage of the document processing device is received from the consumer. The credits are decremented based on the received data. The provisioning of a replacement for the consumable to the consumer is coordinated in response to the remaining life of the consumable falling below a threshold and the MPS plan including credits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jack Douglas Jenkins, JR., James D. Rise, James Patrick VanWinkle, Robin Yuen Wessel, Charles R. Carlson, Shanti Villarreal, Leonard Guan