Patents by Inventor Jehoiada Bernard

Jehoiada Bernard 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).

  • Load balancing using distributed printing devices
    Patent number: 8234654
    Abstract: A system and method of distributing workflow in a document processing or other production environment determines a utilization percentage for each of a plurality of printing devices or other resources located in the production environment. For a first printing device, if the utilization percentage associated with the first printing device is below a threshold value, a request may be sent from the first printing device to a workflow distributor to obtain one or more unassigned jobs. If the request for the one or more unassigned jobs sent from the first printing device is received by the workflow distributor, the one or more unassigned jobs may be received at the first printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Garrett Green, Jehoiada Bernard
  • LOAD BALANCING USING DISTRIBUTED PRINTING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100100884
    Abstract: A system and method of distributing workflow in a document processing or other production environment determines a utilization percentage for each of a plurality of printing devices or other resources located in the production environment. For a first printing device, if the utilization percentage associated with the first printing device is below a threshold value, a request may be sent from the first printing device to a workflow distributor to obtain one or more unassigned jobs. If the request for the one or more unassigned jobs sent from the first printing device is received by the workflow distributor, the one or more unassigned jobs may be received at the first printing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Garrett Green, Jehoiada Bernard
  • System for controlling the printing of electronic documents with various page description languages and other parameters
    Patent number: 5475801
    Abstract: In a network wherein a plurality of independent computers having various page description languages (PDL's) interface with a central printer through a plurality of lines, a system allows the user or administrator of a computer on each line to elect whether the line shall have the property of persistence of a PDL for all jobs coming through the line, or whether a new PDL shall be activated as necessary depending on the particular line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edward E. Brindle, John C. Czudak, Charles Willette, Jehoiada Bernard, Charles R. Nail, Michael L. Campanella, Samuel A. Fedele, Gregory R. Tellex