Patents by Inventor F. Devon Taylor

F. Devon Taylor 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).

  • Communication interface for providing accounting support for print services
    Patent number: 7475031
    Abstract: An application-to-application communication interface between an accounting service application and a printer agent application resides on a computer network. The interface is embodied as novel application programming interface (API) functions or calls between the applications that provide accounting support for print services, including tracking the production of print jobs and the resources consumed by those jobs. The accounting support services provided by the novel API communication interface facilitate computing of charges by the accounting application for print services and materials used by print clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Devon Taylor, Bart Dahneke, Dale J Bethers, Brad P. Christensen