Patents by Inventor Daniel Andrew Doran

Daniel Andrew Doran 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).

  • Apparatus, system and method for activating features of an image processing device
    Patent number: 9924062
    Abstract: A system and method of authorizing one or more features of an application is provided. A first application having a first set of features that control one or more functionality of an image processing device and are always available and a second set of features controlling functionality different from that controlled by the first set of features and which require authorization to be operable. A second application executing on the image processing device includes data representing authorization parameters to selectively authorize one or more of the features in the second set of features. In response to detecting, by the second application, that a feature activation service is registered in an operating system of the image processing device by the first application, the second application communicates the authorization parameter data to the first application to authorize and make operable the one or more features of the second set of features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: CANON INFORMATION AND IMAGING SOLUTIONS, INC., CANON U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Jiuyuan Ge, Lance Yiuchong Leung, Song Cang, Jiayin Peng, Daniel Andrew Doran
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING FEATURES OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170019551
    Abstract: A system and method of authorizing one or more features of an application is provided. A first application having a first set of features that control one or more functionality of an image processing device and are always available and a second set of features controlling functionality different from that controlled by the first set of features and which require authorization to be operable. A second application executing on the image processing device includes data representing authorization parameters to selectively authorize one or more of the features in the second set of features. In response to detecting, by the second application, that a feature activation service is registered in an operating system of the image processing device by the first application, the second application communicates the authorization parameter data to the first application to authorize and make operable the one or more features of the second set of features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jiuyuan Ge, Lance Yiuchong Leung, Song Cang, Jiayin Peng, Daniel Andrew Doran