Patents by Inventor James Patrick VanWinckle

James Patrick VanWinckle 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).

  • Methods and system for managing credit card usage in pre-paid printing system accounts
    Patent number: 8650088
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for managing prepaid usage of document processing devices, in which an account manager system (104) automatically purchases prepaid account credits for customer accounts and applies print units to document processing devices registered to customer accounts periodically and according to preset top off thresholds (123, 128) subject to predefined limits (124, 129), and in which customer computer agents (360) allow just in time printing using devices with job-based application of print units to selected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James Patrick VanWinckle, Charles Robert Carlson, Peter Charles Rapley, Shanti Villarreal, Christopher Dale Iburg, Sara Kleiman