Patents by Inventor Eric M. Sigler

Eric M. Sigler 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).

  • Flexible attribute management in workflow processing systems
    Patent number: 8468496
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for improved ease and flexibility in defining attribute values for jobs in a workflow processing system. The job attributes are presented to a user grouped or organized by their relationship to various elements of the workflow model used to process the job type. Further, default values for job attributes may be flexibly defined based on elements of the workflow model that utilize the job attribute and/or based on dynamic computations of functions involving the various job attributes and other parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Janeen E. Jahn, Simon P. Jones, Linda S. Liebelt, Kyle P. Manning, Dwight R. Palmer, Eric M. Sigler, Matthew M. Walli
  • CUSTOMER-CONFIGURABLE WORKFLOW SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120314256
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for flexible, configurable job workflow processing. Features and aspects hereof provide for generating workflow models from configurable templates. The workflow models may include one or more phases, each comprising one or more processes, each process comprising one or more steps. The Phases, processes, and steps may all be defined by configuring parameters of corresponding templates. Information defining the workflow models and all job information for jobs to be executed are entries in an integrated database such that creation and update of workflow model information and job information is performed as simple database queries and updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Janeen E. Jahn, Simon P. Jones, Linda S, Liebelt, Kyle P. Manning, Dwight R. Palmer, Eric M. Sigler, Matthew M. Walli, Marc A. Willson
  • Customer-configurable print workflow system
    Patent number: 8284423
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for flexible, configurable job workflow processing. Features and aspects hereof provide for generating workflow models from configurable templates. The workflow models may include one or more phases, each comprising one or more processes, each process comprising one or more steps. The Phases, processes, and steps may all be defined by configuring parameters of corresponding templates. Information defining the workflow models and all job information for jobs to be executed are entries in an integrated database such that creation and update of workflow model information and job information is performed as simple database queries and updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Janeen E. Jahn, Simon P. Jones, Linda S. Liebelt, Kyle P. Manning, Dwight R. Palmer, Eric M. Sigler, Matthew M. Walli, Marc A. Willson