Patents by Inventor Mark E. Boettcher

Mark E. Boettcher 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 downloading and for printing data from an external content source
    Patent number: 7324228
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling faster downloading and printing of data received from an external content source. In one embodiment, the method is segmenting the data file available on a content source external to the user computing device into a plurality of portions; independently downloading to said computing device each of said plurality of portions; and assembling each downloaded portion into a second data file on said computing device, to mach such first data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Luca Chiarabini, Xavier Boix, Mark E. Boettcher, Michael D. Whitmarsh
  • Method of determining a nearest numerical neighbor point in multi-dimensional space
    Patent number: 6661922
    Abstract: A method of determining a near neighbor to a target point in multidimensional space from among a set of candidate points includes generating a matrix of bins and identifying a first bin that contains the target point. The first bin is searched for a first candidate point, and a set of proximate bins selected from the matrix are identified. Each of the proximate bins has at least a portion potentially closer to a first selected point in the first bin than is a second selected point in the first bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark E. Boettcher, Nathan D. Mellor
  • System and method for downloading and for printing data from an external content source
    Publication number: 20020039196
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling faster downloading and printing of data received from an external content source. In one embodiment, the method is segmenting the data file available on a content source external to the user computing device into a plurality of portions; independently downloading to said computing device each of said plurality of portions; and assembling each downloaded portion into a second data file on said computing device, to mach such first data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Luca Chiarabini, Xavier Boix, Mark E. Boettcher, Michael D. Whitmarsh