Patents by Inventor Kiang Sum Chia

Kiang Sum Chia 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).

  • Address book transfer over a network between printers
    Patent number: 9826110
    Abstract: A networked printer system includes a first printer coupled to a network. The first printer includes a first printer address book having a plurality of address book contents that are located in a plurality of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Object Identifiers (OIDs). A second printer is coupled to the network. The second printer includes a processor, a communications device coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor. An address book transferring engine is located on the computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instruction that when executed connect to the first printer through the communications device over the network using SNMP, retrieve the plurality of address book contents from the plurality of SNMP OIDs, and transfer the plurality of address book contents to a second printer address book that is associated with the second printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Vivek Chopra, Kiang Sum Chia
  • ADDRESS BOOK TRANSFER OVER A NETWORK BETWEEN PRINTERS
    Publication number: 20120102142
    Abstract: A networked printer system includes a first printer coupled to a network. The first printer includes a first printer address book having a plurality of address book contents that are located in a plurality of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Object Identifiers (OIDs). A second printer is coupled to the network. The second printer includes a processor, a communications device coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor. An address book transferring engine is located on the computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instruction that when executed connect to the first printer through the communications device over the network using SNMP, retrieve the plurality of address book contents from the plurality of SNMP OIDs, and transfer the plurality of address book contents to a second printer address book that is associated with the second printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Vivek Chopra, Kiang Sum Chia