Patents by Inventor Eric W. Jepsen

Eric W. Jepsen 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).

  • Method, system, and program for monitoring a consumable resource used by a system
    Patent number: 7061391
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for monitoring depletion of a consumable resource in a monitored system. Information is received on at least one unit of work to be processed by the monitored system, wherein the monitored system would deplete the consumable resource when processing each unit of work. A determination is made of a rate of resource depletion per unit of work processed. An amount of resource remaining after the monitored system processes the at least one unit of work is estimated as a function of the determined rate of resource depletion and a number of one or more units of work to process. A graphical display for rendering on a computer monitor is generated indicating the estimated amount of the resource remaining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Neely Hopper, Eric W. Jepsen
  • System and method for diagnosing printer problems and notarizing prints by evaluating embedded data
    Patent number: 6912674
    Abstract: A method triggers a printer (106) to receive a trigger to initiate an embedding algorithm (220), receive the print data (228); read the printer configuration data (230); encode the configuration data (230); insert the configuration data (230) into the print data (228); send the print data (228) to a printhead (206); and print the data. The printed data is then scanned, run through analysis software, and the embedded data is returned. The embedded data can then be used to diagnose printer problems or as a digital notary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Q. Trelewicz, Eric W. Jepsen, Patrick M. McCarthy
  • Method, system, and program for monitoring a consumable resource used by a system
    Publication number: 20030071726
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for monitoring depletion of a consumable resource in a monitored system. Information is received on at least one unit of work to be processed by the monitored system, wherein the monitored system would deplete the consumable resource when processing each unit of work. A determination is made of a rate of resource depletion per unit of work processed. An amount of resource remaining after the monitored system processes the at least one unit of work is estimated as a function of the determined rate of resource depletion and a number of one or more units of work to process. A graphical display for rendering on a computer monitor is generated indicating the estimated amount of the resource remaining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Neely Hopper, Eric W. Jepsen
  • System and method for diagnosing printer problems and notarizing prints by evaluating embedded data
    Publication number: 20030005369
    Abstract: A method triggers a printer (106) to receive a trigger to initiate an embedding algorithm (220), receive the print data (228); read the printer configuration data (230); encode the configuration data (230); insert the configuration data (230) into the print data (228); send the print data (228) to a printhead (206); and print the data. The printed data is then scanned, run through analysis software, and the embedded data is returned. The embedded data can then be used to diagnose printer problems or as a digital notary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jennifer Q. Trelewicz, Eric W. Jepsen, Patrick M. McCarthy