Patents by Inventor Lex-Jan WESTRA

Lex-Jan WESTRA 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).

  • Printing system and method of easier printing when information processing apparatus acquires workflow from cloud server to identify whether the information processing apparatus connected to internal network at first location or second location
    Patent number: 11593050
    Abstract: A printing system is provided including a printer server accessible over a first network at a first location and a cloud service accessible from both the first location and a second network at a second network. A user with a client computer moving between the first network and the second network can print using either the printer server, when the user is on the first network, or the cloud service, when the user is on the second network. The client computer is configured detect its location and receive configuration information from the cloud service. The configuration information changes the method used by the client computer to print depending upon the client computer's detected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON EUROPA N.V.
    Inventors: Karsten Huster, Chris Tickler, Lex-Jan Westra
  • PRINTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF PRINTING
    Publication number: 20220091805
    Abstract: A printing system is provided including a printer server accessible over a first network at a first location and a cloud service accessible from both the first location and a second network at a second network. A user with a client computer moving between the first network and the second network can print using either the printer server, when the user is on the first network, or the cloud service, when the user is on the second network. The client computer is configured detect its location and receive configuration information from the cloud service. The configuration information changes the method used by the client computer to print depending upon the client computer's detected location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Karsten HUSTER, Chris TICKLER, Lex-Jan WESTRA