Patents by Inventor Kenneth Schleede

Kenneth Schleede 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).

  • System and method for using a non-contact memory tag to detect fraudulent use of printing devices
    Patent number: 11252297
    Abstract: A method of detecting fraudulent use of a printing device including a non-contact memory tag, including receiving a request to read the tag, receiving information from the tag, determining an installed configuration of the printing device from the information, comparing the installed configuration to a current configuration of the printing device, and in response to determining that the current configuration is not the same as the installed configuration, indicating that a violation exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rajana Mukesh Panchani, Kenneth Schleede, Peter Granby, Patrick Wilhelmus Bernardus Gerrits
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A NON-CONTACT MEMORY TAG TO DETECT FRAUDULENT USE OF PRINTING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210281708
    Abstract: A method of detecting fraudulent use of a printing device including a non-contact memory tag, including receiving a request to read the tag, receiving information from the tag, determining an installed configuration of the printing device from the information, comparing the installed configuration to a current configuration of the printing device, and in response to determining that the current configuration is not the same as the installed configuration, indicating that a violation exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Rajana Mukesh Panchani, Kenneth Schleede, Peter Granby, Patrick Wilhelmus Bernardus Gerrits
  • PRINTING DEVICE INCLUDING A NON-CONTACT MEMORY TAG TO DETECT FRAUDULENT USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210281694
    Abstract: A printing device, comprising a frame, an image-forming module, a non-volatile memory (NVM), a control operatively arranged to read the NVM incidental to controlling the printing device, and a first tag connected to the frame, the first tag holding information relating to a configuration of the printing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Rajana Mukesh Panchani, Kenneth Schleede, Peter Granby, Patrick Wilhelmus Bernardus Gerrits
  • System and method for using a non-contact memory tag to detect fraudulent use of printing devices
    Patent number: 10979594
    Abstract: A method of detecting fraudulent use of a printing device including a non-contact memory tag, comprising receiving, by one or more computer processors, a request to read the tag, receiving, by the one or more computer processors, information from the tag, determining, by the one or more computer processors, an installed configuration of the printing device from the information, comparing, by the one or more computer processors, the installed configuration to a current configuration of the printing device, and in response to determining that the current configuration is not the same as the installed configuration, indicating, by the one or more computer processors, that a violation exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rajana Mukesh Panchani, Kenneth Schleede, Peter Granby, Patrick Wilhelmus Bernardus Gerrits
  • Tools and methods for customizing multi-function devices
    Patent number: 9176751
    Abstract: Apparatus are provided that includes a multi-function device that is configured to perform a plurality of functions relating to manipulating a document. The multi-function device can have a display configured to display interface tool for facilitating the customization of a function of the multi-function device. The interface tools allow a user to communicate with the multi-function device to enter information relating to the customized function. The custom application can be configured to be installed on the multi-function device, and the custom application is used to customize the multi-function device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Dianne Colelli, Kristopher James Stasiw, Wendy Abbott, Linh La, Kelvin Kwan, Boris Shmoys, Michael Trent, Jacob Woodworth, Stephen J. Sydorowicz, Khalid Rabb, Rick Born, Myriam Martinez, James Howell, Bernard R. Heroux, Jr., David Mensing, Christine Miyachi, Kenneth Schleede
  • Tools And Methods For Customizing Multi-Function Devices
    Publication number: 20130268926
    Abstract: Apparatus are provided that includes a multi-function device that is configured to perform a plurality of functions relating to manipulating a document. The multi-function device can have a display configured to display interface tool for facilitating the customization of a function of the multi-function device. The interface tools allow a user to communicate with the multi-function device to enter information relating to the customized function. The custom application can be configured to be installed on the multi-function device, and the custom application is used to customize the multi-function device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dianne Colelli, Kristopher James Stasiw, Wendy Abbott, Linh La, Kelvin Kwan, Boris Shmoys, Michael Trent, Jacob Woodworth, Stephen J. Sydorowicz, Khalid Rabb, Rick Born, Myriam Martinez, James Howell, Bernard R. Heroux, JR., David Mensing, Christine Miyachi, Kenneth Schleede