Patents by Inventor Jonathan E. Marbry

Jonathan E. Marbry 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).

  • Automatic installation of printers in a distributed environment
    Patent number: 5692111
    Abstract: An operating system provides a point-and-print capability to users of the workstation. The point-and-print capability allows a user to print on any printer available within a distributed system by simply selecting a printer and requesting to print on the printer. The retrieval of configuration information and installation of the printer is performed transparently relative to the user of the workstation. The required printer configuration information is retrieved from a database that is maintained at a network server for the network that includes the target printer. A heuristic technique is employed to obtain complete printer configuration information when such printer configuration is not fully available from the network server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Marbry, Samuel J. McKelvie, David H. Tryon, Lin F. Shaw, Chia-Chi Teng
  • Automatic installation of printers in a distributed environment
    Patent number: RE39801
    Abstract: An operating system provides a point-and-print capability to users of the workstation. The point-and-print capability allows a user to print on any printer available within a distributed system by simply selecting a printer and requesting to print on the printer. The retrieval of configuration information and installation of the printer is performed transparently relative to the user of the workstation. The required printer configuration information is retrieved from a database that is maintained at a network server for the network that includes the target printer. A heuristic technique is employed to obtain complete printer configuration information when such printer configuration is not fully available from the network server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Marbry, Samuel J. McKelvie, David H. Tryon, Lin Fon-Shaw, Chia-Chi Teng