Patents by Inventor Craig Korfanta

Craig Korfanta 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).

  • Selective print job aggregation
    Patent number: 8081887
    Abstract: A selective job aggregation method includes identifying a predetermined usage match between a first consumable component and a second consumable component of printer device. Print jobs are then selectively aggregated to encourage expiration of a first expected useful life of the first consumable component to occur with expiration of a second expected useful life of the second consumable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Craig Korfanta
  • SELECTIVE JOB AGGREGATION
    Publication number: 20100278546
    Abstract: A selective job aggregation method includes identifying a predetermined usage match between a first consumable component and a second consumable component of printer device. Print jobs are then selectively aggregated to encourage expiration of a first expected useful life of the first consumable component to occur with expiration of a second expected useful life of the second consumable component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Craig Korfanta
  • Multi-function product profile downloading after authentication
    Publication number: 20050039007
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system, that upon a user being authenticated on a device, such as a multi-function product or a digital sender, a profile that contains the user's most used settings and functions can be downloaded to the product. These settings would become the product's defaults until the user logs off of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Keith Hoene, Robert Sesek, Craig Korfanta