Patents by Inventor Pierre Lermant
Pierre Lermant 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).
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Publication number: 20190116207Abstract: A tiered caching system (e.g., in an overlay network such as CDN) wherein SWR at an edge server therein is automatically set (preferably based on request rate), while SWR at a parent server therein has its SWR set at or near 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventor: Pierre Lermant
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Patent number: 10154068Abstract: A tiered caching system (e.g., in an overlay network such as CDN) wherein SWR at an edge server therein is automatically set (preferably based on request rate), while SWR at a parent server therein has its SWR set at or near 0. Collectively, these SWR settings provide for a self-adjusting tiered caching system that optimizes both end user performance and the origin traffic offload.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Pierre Lermant
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Publication number: 20160191393Abstract: A tiered caching system (e.g., in an overlay network such as CDN) wherein SWR at an edge server therein is automatically set (preferably based on request rate), while SWR at a parent server therein has its SWR set at or near 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventor: Pierre Lermant
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Patent number: 7648293Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2007Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hartzel
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Publication number: 20080082486Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a platform for user discovery. A method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises receiving a request from a user to initiate a search for content items previously indexed and associated with one or more tags by a community of users and identifying a set of preliminary tags from an index of tags defined by the community, where each tag is associated with one or more content items. Input is received from the user of at least one tag or keyword to update a current set of selected tags and keywords and identify a result set of content items having associated tags and keywords matching the current set of selected tags and keywords. The result set of content items is presented along with an intermediate set of tags to serve as a potential starting point for refining the search based on the tags associated with each of the content items in the result set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: April 3, 2008Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Jason Douglas
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Publication number: 20070189827Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hartzel
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Patent number: 7229225Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus. A universal media selector is provided that includes a universal paper catalog, an editor, a paper catalog translator and a tray associator. The universal paper catalog is a two-dimensional array that includes one or more entries that associate a media label with corresponding media attributes. The editor may be used to create, import, export and edit paper catalog entries in the universal paper catalog. The paper catalog translator is a two-dimensional array that may be used to translate attribute labels and associated values in the universal paper catalog to corresponding attribute names and associated values used in device-specific paper catalogs of printers included in the cluster printing system.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Electronics For Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hartzel, Jr.
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Publication number: 20060088354Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus. A universal media selector is provided that includes a universal paper catalog, an editor, a paper catalog translator and a tray associator. The universal paper catalog is a two-dimensional array that includes one or more entries that associate a media label with corresponding media attributes. The editor may be used to create, import, export and edit paper catalog entries in the universal paper catalog. The paper catalog translator is a two-dimensional array that may be used to translate attribute labels and associated values in the universal paper catalog to corresponding attribute names and associated values used in device-specific paper catalogs of printers included in the cluster printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2005Publication date: April 27, 2006Applicant: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hartzel
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Patent number: 6974269Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus. A universal media selector is provided that includes a universal paper catalog, an editor, a paper catalog translator and a tray associator. The universal paper catalog is a two-dimensional array that includes one or more entries that associate a media label with corresponding media attributes. The editor may be used to create, import, export and edit paper catalog entries in the universal paper catalog. The paper catalog translator is a two-dimensional array that may be used to translate attribute labels and associated values in the universal paper catalog to corresponding attribute names and associated values used in device-specific paper catalogs of printers included in the cluster printing system.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2004Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hatzel
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Patent number: 6962449Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus. A universal media selector is provided that includes a universal paper catalog, an editor, a paper catalog translator and a tray associator. The universal paper catalog is a two-dimensional array that includes one or more entries that associate a media label with corresponding media attributes. The editor may be used to create, import, export and edit paper catalog entries in the universal paper catalog. The paper catalog translator is a two-dimensional array that may be used to translate attribute labels and associated values in the universal paper catalog to corresponding attribute names and associated values used in device-specific paper catalogs of printers included in the cluster printing system.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2003Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hatzel
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Publication number: 20050063750Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus. A universal media selector is provided that includes a universal paper catalog, an editor, a paper catalog translator and a tray associator. The universal paper catalog is a two-dimensional array that includes one or more entries that associate a media label with corresponding media attributes. The editor may be used to create, import, export and edit paper catalog entries in the universal paper catalog. The paper catalog translator is a two-dimensional array that may be used to translate attribute labels and associated values in the universal paper catalog to corresponding attribute names and associated values used in device-specific paper catalogs of printers included in the cluster printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2004Publication date: March 24, 2005Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hatzel
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Patent number: 6856428Abstract: A technique for printing black text on a colored background, in which the graphics are broken down into three categories: text, polygons (also referred to as line drawing or vectors), and images (also referred to as bitmaps or raster data) when the incoming graphic information is a Page Description Language (PDL) data file (e.g. Adobe Postscript-PS- or Hewlett-Packard PCL). If the object is not a text object, it is processed in a normal manner. If the object is a text object, a determination is made if the color of the object is black. If the object is not a black text object, it is processed in a normal manner. If the object is a black text object, special processing and rasterization techniques are applied. Thus, the invention exploits to advantage the fact that it is possible in most PDL instances to treat black text differently from other black objects.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1999Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Ghilad Dziesietnik, Victor Kliorin
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Publication number: 20040265026Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for specifying media in cluster printing systems that include printers that use device-specific media selection techniques, such as paper catalogs, media tray pulldown menus and media attribute pulldown menus. A universal media selector is provided that includes a universal paper catalog, an editor, a paper catalog translator and a tray associator. The universal paper catalog is a two-dimensional array that includes one or more entries that associate a media label with corresponding media attributes. The editor may be used to create, import, export and edit paper catalog entries in the universal paper catalog. The paper catalog translator is a two-dimensional array that may be used to translate attribute labels and associated values in the universal paper catalog to corresponding attribute names and associated values used in device-specific paper catalogs of printers included in the cluster printing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hatzel
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Publication number: 20040218201Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for configuring a cluster printing system that includes a virtual printer cluster having multiple printers, the methods and apparatus dynamically displaying a list of the eligible printers based on a print job feature selection, and dynamically displaying a list of available features based on a printer selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Inventors: Pierre Lermant, Nick Hartzel
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Patent number: 6429949Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided that enables color printers to render color or black and white files in a reduced memory configuration, and in a time efficient fashion.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1998Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Ghilad Dziesietnik, Pierre Lermant