Patents by Inventor Daniel D. DeFore

Daniel D. DeFore 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).

  • Framework for enhanced production of personalized documents
    Patent number: 8381236
    Abstract: In a document personalization production system, an application framework is provided between a production manager and one or more machines to enable new hardware and/or new functions for the creation, production, printing, attachment, and delivery of personalized documents. The application framework provides the application program interfaces, the graphical user interfaces, and the plugins required to implement the new hardware and/or new function into an existing document personalization production system without having to reprogram the production manager. The application framework may comprise or connect a number of service modules so that production manager applications are compatible across multiple machines or stations of the document personalization production system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: DataCard Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel D. DeFore, Robert E. Beer, Jingang Deng, Brian P. Johnson
  • FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCED PRODUCTION OF PERSONALIZED DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20100058365
    Abstract: In a document personalization production system, an application framework is provided between a production manager and one or more machines to enable new hardware and/or new functions for the creation, production, printing, attachment, and delivery of personalized documents. The application framework provides the application program interfaces, the graphical user interfaces, and the plugins required to implement the new hardware and/or new function into an existing document personalization production system without having to reprogram the production manager. The application framework may comprise or connect a number of service modules so that production manager applications are compatible across multiple machines or stations of the document personalization production system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: DATACARD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel D. DeFore, Robert E. Beer, Jingang Deng, Brian P. Johnson