Patents by Inventor Gary Lee Barton

Gary Lee Barton 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).

  • Systems and methods for managing printer settings in a networked computing environment
    Patent number: 8149431
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely managing printer settings that are associated with a remote printer connected to a client machine. A virtual printer driver, executing on a server, is used to generate and manage generate virtual printer queues associated with remote printers connected to the client machine. Each virtual printer queue intercepts print requests generated by one or more applications executing on the server, these print requests cause the virtual printer driver to either retrieve printer setting information from cache memory, or interrogate the remote printer for printer setting information. The virtual printer driver retrieves printer setting information and associates virtual printer queues with remote printers using the retrieved printer setting information. The virtual printer driver then responds to the print request by generating a graphical interface that incorporates the retrieved printer settings and user-defined printer settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Lee Barton, Ricardo Fernando Feijoo
  • Systems and Methods for Managing Printer Settings in a Networked Computing Environment
    Publication number: 20100118330
    Abstract: Systems and methods for remotely managing printer settings that are associated with a remote printer connected to a client machine. A virtual printer driver, executing on a server, is used to generate and manage generate virtual printer queues associated with remote printers connected to the client machine. Each virtual printer queue intercepts print requests generated by one or more applications executing on the server, these print requests cause the virtual printer driver to either retrieve printer setting information from cache memory, or interrogate the remote printer for printer setting information. The virtual printer driver retrieves printer setting information and associates virtual printer queues with remote printers using the retrieved printer setting information. The virtual printer driver then responds to the print request by generating a graphical interface that incorporates the retrieved printer settings and user-defined printer settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Ricardo Fernando Feijoo, Gary Lee Barton