Patents by Inventor Neil McKinstrie

Neil McKinstrie 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).

  • Altering a PDF print job based upon criteria stored in memory of a printing system
    Patent number: 8908209
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for altering the content of a PDF print job. The printing system includes a memory, an interface, and a markup engine. The memory includes criteria for identifying Portable Document Format (PDF) content stored in print jobs, and also includes a mark-up instruction for altering printable PDF content stored in print jobs, where the mark-up instruction references one or more of the criteria. The interface is operable to receive a PDF print job for processing. The markup engine is operable to access the mark-up instruction, to review the PDF print job to identify multiple segments of the print job that each include PDF content that matches the one or more criteria referenced by the mark-up instruction, and to alter the identified segments based on the mark-up instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Gaertner, Simon P. Jones, Michael Lotz, Thomas Margolis, Neil McKinstrie, Joe Stradling, Scott Ziegler
  • ALTERING A PDF PRINT JOB BASED UPON CRITERIA STORED IN MEMORY OF A PRINTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130155436
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for altering the content of a PDF print job. The printing system includes a memory, an interface, and a markup engine. The memory includes criteria for identifying Portable Document Format (PDF) content stored in print jobs, and also includes a mark-up instruction for altering printable PDF content stored in print jobs, where the mark-up instruction references one or more of the criteria. The interface is operable to receive a PDF print job for processing. The markup engine is operable to access the mark-up instruction, to review the PDF print job to identify multiple segments of the print job that each include PDF content that matches the one or more criteria referenced by the mark-up instruction, and to alter the identified segments based on the mark-up instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph P. Gaertner, Simon P. Jones, Michael Lotz, Thomas Margolis, Neil McKinstrie, Joe Stradling, Scott Ziegler