Patents by Inventor Neil R. Paterson

Neil R. Paterson 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).

  • WYSIWYG multifunction device finishing options
    Patent number: 7975224
    Abstract: A method, document processing apparatus, and computer readable recording medium for performing document preparation of documents to be printed by a multi-function output device capable of applying finishing functions to the printed document. A document preparation program further includes a WYSIWYG display function for displaying the document or portions of the document in a WYSIWYG format. The document preparation program is configured to display a current document in a document window, display document finishing options to a user, accept user selections of one or more of the document finishing options, and display a representation of the user-selected document finishing options in the document window with displayed pages of the current document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Neil R. Paterson, John V. Korhonen
  • WYSIWYG multifunction device finishing options
    Publication number: 20070143671
    Abstract: A method, document processing apparatus, and computer readable recording medium for performing document preparation of documents to be printed by a printing device capable of applying finishing functions to the printed document. A document preparation program further includes a WYSIWYG display function for displaying the document or portions of the document in a WYSIWYG format. The document preparation program is configured to display a current document in a document window, display document finishing options to a user, accept user selections of one or more of the document finishing options, and display a representation of the user-selected document finishing options in the document window with displayed pages of the current document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Neil R. Paterson, John V. Korhonen