Patents by Inventor Feng-Chen Yang

Feng-Chen Yang 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).

  • Printing via printing device-independent instructions
    Patent number: 10303408
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for printing via printing device-independent instructions. A rendered print job is received from a printer driver. A value of an attribute of the rendered print job is obtained. Determination regarding whether the value of the attribute of the rendered print job corresponds to one of a plurality of values acceptable by a printing device for the attribute is made. In response to a determination that the value is acceptable, the rendered print job is sent directly to the printing device. In response to a determination that the value is not acceptable, the rendered print job is re-rendered with a value acceptable by the printing device for the attribute, and the re-rendered print job is sent to the printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaorong Chai, Feng-Chen Yang, Lei Chen
  • PRINTING VIA PRINTING DEVICE-INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTIONS
    Publication number: 20180011668
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for printing via printing device-independent instructions. A rendered print job is received from a printer driver. A value of an attribute of the rendered print job is obtained. Determination regarding whether the value of the attribute of the rendered print job corresponds to one of a plurality of values acceptable by a printing device for the attribute is made. In response to a determination that the value is acceptable, the rendered print job is sent directly to the printing device. In response to a determination that the value is not acceptable, the rendered print job is re-rendered with a value acceptable by the printing device for the attribute, and the re-rendered print job is sent to the printing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaorong Chai, Feng-Chen Yang, Lei Chen