Patents by Inventor Mark S. Hildreth

Mark S. Hildreth 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).

  • Adaptive graphical user interface for a network peripheral
    Patent number: 5832298
    Abstract: The method generates and displays an adaptive graphical user interface of a current configuration and current capabilities of a networked peripheral device connected to a local area network. The method includes the steps of requesting from a user's work station a current configuration and current capabilities of a networked peripheral device, transmitting, in response to the request, an interrogation command to the networked peripheral device over the local area network, and receiving, from the networked peripheral device, information corresponding to a current configuration and capabilities of the networked peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: George A. Sanchez, Mark S. Hildreth, Rakesh Mahajan, Chiu Ming Man