Patents by Inventor Marc A. Willson

Marc A. Willson 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).

  • CUSTOMER-CONFIGURABLE WORKFLOW SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120314256
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for flexible, configurable job workflow processing. Features and aspects hereof provide for generating workflow models from configurable templates. The workflow models may include one or more phases, each comprising one or more processes, each process comprising one or more steps. The Phases, processes, and steps may all be defined by configuring parameters of corresponding templates. Information defining the workflow models and all job information for jobs to be executed are entries in an integrated database such that creation and update of workflow model information and job information is performed as simple database queries and updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Janeen E. Jahn, Simon P. Jones, Linda S, Liebelt, Kyle P. Manning, Dwight R. Palmer, Eric M. Sigler, Matthew M. Walli, Marc A. Willson
  • Customer-configurable print workflow system
    Patent number: 8284423
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for flexible, configurable job workflow processing. Features and aspects hereof provide for generating workflow models from configurable templates. The workflow models may include one or more phases, each comprising one or more processes, each process comprising one or more steps. The Phases, processes, and steps may all be defined by configuring parameters of corresponding templates. Information defining the workflow models and all job information for jobs to be executed are entries in an integrated database such that creation and update of workflow model information and job information is performed as simple database queries and updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Janeen E. Jahn, Simon P. Jones, Linda S. Liebelt, Kyle P. Manning, Dwight R. Palmer, Eric M. Sigler, Matthew M. Walli, Marc A. Willson