Patents by Inventor Nancy Elizabeth Wood

Nancy Elizabeth Wood 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).

  • Method and system for media selection in a printer
    Patent number: 6731396
    Abstract: A registry is established in document presentation architecture that provides a unique numeric identifier for the most commonly used media types. Logic checks a print job and the accompanying form definition for a numeric identifier, a media name and a bin number in that order. Use of a numeric identifier eliminates ambiguity, caused by character matching that is utilized when using a media name identifier, between a request and printer media availability. Logic then attempts to find a matching numeric media identifier, a matching media name or a matching media bin in that order. If no matching identifier or name is found, the print server directs the media request to the default bin of the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Lee Buis, Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee, Susan Cheryl McElrafth, David Earl Stone, Nancy Elizabeth Wood