Patents by Inventor James D. Crumly

James D. Crumly 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).

  • Secure system for delivery of a fax to a remote user
    Patent number: 7268899
    Abstract: A system for the remote retrieval of at least one document sent by facsimile transmission using a repository server for storing at least one document for a recipient at a location using a remote system connected to the system. Security apparatus for the system includes apparatus, such as a smartcard, to identify, to validate, and to locate a remote user of a remote system connected to the system when the user is connected to the repository server for retrieving at least one document stored by the repository server. Upon validation of identification of a user, any or all documents may be retrieved by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: James D. Crumly
  • System for and method of high speed postal metering of variable mass objects
    Publication number: 20040088267
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of determining weight based delivery fees comprising determining individual weights of package elements of a parcel, determining a total weight of said parcel based on said individual weights of said package elements, and ascertaining a delivery fee associated with said total weight of said parcel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Steve Rasmussen, Robert Sesek, James D. Crumly, Clay C. Higgins, John D. Rhodes, Susan M.F. Davis
  • Encryption of digitized physical information based on physical tags
    Publication number: 20030161475
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for encrypting an image produced from physical information. The physical information may be associated with a physical tag that identifies a public key. The physical information may be digitized to create a digital image, and the physical tag may be digitized to create a digital tag that is readable to identify the public key. The digital tag may be read to identify the public key, and then the image encrypted with the identified public key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: James D. Crumly, Steven G. Henry
  • Secure system for delivery of a fax to a remote user
    Publication number: 20030145212
    Abstract: A system for the remote retrieval of at least one document sent by facsimile transmission using a repository server for storing at least one document for a recipient at a location using a remote system connected to the system. Security apparatus for the system includes apparatus, such as a smartcard, to identify, to validate, and to locate a remote user of a remote system connected to the system when the user is connected to the repository server for retrieving at least one document stored by the repository server. Upon validation of identification of a user, any or all documents may be retrieved by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventor: James D. Crumly