Patents by Inventor Michael F. Cavanaugh

Michael F. Cavanaugh 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).

  • Patent number: 8194275
    Abstract: A class of add-on system components providing functionality of devices, management of self-help, customization and enhancement of services for devices, and remote monitoring at significantly reduced cost. It reduces the cost of UI and greatly enhances ease-of-use by realizing that the networked system can be headless and use a browser-based UI for its platform. It embeds a Device Model Agent (DMA) and connects to the Device-Centric Services platform to offer services. Additionally, it offers customized diagnostic access for customer representatives to enable self-help service actions to be performed, unifies and manages multiple access needs to several disparate data access mechanisms, and uses largely COTS PC hardware rather than customized PWBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Furst, Loranzo Whitfield, Naveen Sharma, Ronald M. Rockwell, Tracy E. Thieret, Claude S. Fillion, Weixia Huang, Michael P. Kehoe, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Mary C. McCorkindale, Robert J. St. Jacques, Michael F. Cavanaugh, Christopher J. Regruit
  • Publication number: 20120092727
    Abstract: A class of add-on system components providing functionality of devices, management of self-help, customization and enhancement of services for devices, and remote monitoring at significantly reduced cost. It reduces the cost of UI and greatly enhances ease-of-use by realizing that the networked system can be headless and use a browser-based UI for its platform. It embeds a Device Model Agent (DMA) and connects to the Device-Centric Services platform to offer services. Additionally, it offers customized diagnostic access for customer representatives to enable self-help service actions to be performed, unifies and manages multiple access needs to several disparate data access mechanisms, and uses largely COTS PC hardware rather than customized PWBs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael R. Furst, Loranzo Whitfield, Naveen Sharma, Ronald M. Rockwell, Tracy E. Thieret, Claude S. Fillion, Weixia Huang, Michael P. Kehoe, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Mary C. McCorkindale, Robert J. St. Jacques, Michael F. Cavanaugh, Christopher J. Regruit
  • Patent number: 8154741
    Abstract: A class of add-on system components providing functionality of devices, management of self-help, customization and enhancement of services for devices, and remote monitoring at significantly reduced cost. It reduces the cost of UI and greatly enhances ease-of-use by realizing that the networked system can be headless and use a browser-based UI for its platform. It embeds a Device Model Agent (DMA) and connects to the Device-Centric Services platform to offer services. Additionally, it offers customized diagnostic access for customer representatives to enable self-help service actions to be performed, unifies and manages multiple access needs to several disparate data access mechanisms, and uses largely COTS PC hardware rather than customized PWBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Furst, Loranzo Whitfield, Naveen Sharma, Ronald M. Rockwell, Tracy E. Thieret, Claude S. Fillion, Weixia Huang, Michael P. Kehoe, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Mary C. McCorkindale, Robert J. St. Jacques, Michael F. Cavanaugh, Christopher J. Regruit
  • Patent number: 7899950
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transmitting information from a multifunctional device to a centralized management server are disclosed. A method for transmitting information between a multifunctional device and a centralized management server includes collecting information from a multifunctional device using a wireless device; rendering the information secure using a secure functionality; and transmitting the secure information over a network to a centralized management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Arturo M. Lorenzo, Michael F. Cavanaugh, Jeffrey M. Novak, J. Roger Cortez, Charles M. Surowiec, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7734749
    Abstract: The Device Model Agent (DMA), the device side technology module in Device Centric Services (DCS) system, is the main focus of this invention. DMA is a thin, efficient applications/services execution environment. DMA provides an embedded services platform for enabling system management applications and services. This allows a flexible, extensible, dynamic services management module allowing networked services to be designed, added, and managed within the system without modifications to devices, DCS system, or DMA itself. While this invention specifically describes the integration of benefits from DMA into document system devices, the concepts are equally applicable in other domains. The DMA runtime environment is a thin software interface layer that resides on a document system device between the Java runtime environment and embedded web server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Naveen Sharma, Michael R. Furst, Claude S. Fillion, Weixia Huang, Michael P. Kehoe, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Mary C. McCorkindale, Robert J. St. Jacques, Tracy E. Thieret, John C. Austin, Marc D. Daniels, Michael F. Cavanaugh
  • Patent number: 7647392
    Abstract: The Device Model Agent (DMA), the device side technology module in Device Centric Services (DCS) system, is the main focus of this invention. DMA is a thin, efficient applications/services execution environment. DMA provides an embedded services platform for enabling system management applications and services. This allows a flexible, extensible, dynamic services management module allowing networked services to be designed, added, and managed within the system without modifications to devices, DCS system, or DMA itself. While this invention specifically describes the integration of benefits from DMA into document system devices, the concepts are equally applicable in other domains. The DMA runtime environment is a thin software interface layer that resides on a document system device between the Java runtime environment and embedded web server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Naveen Sharma, Michael R. Furst, Claude S. Fillion, Weixia Huang, Michael P. Kehoe, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Mary C. McCorkindale, Robert J. St. Jacques, Tracy E. Thieret, John C. Austin, Marc D. Daniels, Michael F. Cavanaugh
  • Publication number: 20080228956
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transmitting information from a multifunctional device to a centralized management server are disclosed. A method for transmitting information between a multifunctional device and a centralized management server includes collecting information from a multifunctional device using a wireless device; rendering the information secure using a secure functionality; and transmitting the secure information over a network to a centralized management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Arturo M. Lorenzo, Michael F. Cavanaugh, Jeffrey M. Novak, J. Roger Cortez
  • Publication number: 20040128669
    Abstract: A class of add-on system components providing functionality of devices, management of self-help, customization and enhancement of services for devices, and remote monitoring at significantly reduced cost. It reduces the cost of UI and greatly enhances ease-of-use by realizing that the networked system can be headless and use a browser-based UI for its platform. It embeds a Device Model Agent (DMA) and connects to the Device-Centric Services platform to offer services. Additionally, it offers customized diagnostic access for customer representatives to enable self-help service actions to be performed, unifies and manages multiple access needs to several disparate data access mechanisms, and uses largely COTS PC hardware rather than customized PWBs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Furst, Loranzo Whitfield, Naveen Sharma, Ronald M. Rockwell, Tracy E. Thieret, Claude S. Fillion, Weixia Huang, Michael P. Kehoe, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Mary C. McCorkindale, Robert J. St. Jacques, Michael F. Cavanaugh, Christopher J. Regruit
  • Publication number: 20040111315
    Abstract: The Device Model Agent (DMA), the device side technology module in Device Centric Services (DCS) system, is the main focus of this invention. DMA is a thin, efficient applications/services execution environment. DMA provides an embedded services platform for enabling system management applications and services. This allows a flexible, extensible, dynamic services management module allowing networked services to be designed, added, and managed within the system without modifications to devices, DCS system, or DMA itself. While this invention specifically describes the integration of benefits from DMA into document system devices, the concepts are equally applicable in other domains. The DMA runtime environment is a thin software interface layer that resides on a document system device between the Java runtime environment and embedded web server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Naveen Sharma, Michael R. Furst, Claude S. Fillion, Weixia Huang, Michael P. Kehoe, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Mary C. McCorkindale, Robert J. St. Jacques, Tracy E. Thieret, John C. Austin, Marc D. Daniels, Michael F. Cavanaugh
  • Publication number: 20040111709
    Abstract: A class of add-on system components providing functionality of devices, management of self-help, customization and enhancement of services for devices, and remote monitoring at significantly reduced cost. It reduces the cost of UI and greatly enhances ease-of-use by realizing that the networked system can be headless and use a browser-based UI for its platform. It embeds a Device Model Agent (DMA) and connects to the Device-Centric Services platform to offer services. Additionally, it offers customized diagnostic access for customer representatives to enable self-help service actions to be performed, unifies and manages multiple access needs to several disparate data access mechanisms, and uses largely COTS PC hardware rather than customized PWBs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Furst, Loranzo Whitfield, Naveen Sharma, Ronald M. Rockwell, Tracy E. Thieret, Claude S. Fillion, Weixia Huang, Michael P. Kehoe, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Mary C. McCorkindale, Robert J. St. Jacques, Michael F. Cavanaugh, Christopher J. Regruit