Patents by Inventor Randall F. Watterson

Randall F. Watterson 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).

  • Automatic job routing for wide format print distribution
    Patent number: 8054490
    Abstract: A method for dispatching a job for printing an original document from an original document set to a printer. The method includes routing the job to a printer group based on the characteristics of the original document via a dispatcher. When exactly one printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the job is routed to the one printer group. When more than one printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the dispatcher routes the job to a printer group that requires the shortest estimated time to complete the job. When no printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the dispatcher notifies a user via the operating screen for manual treatment of the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: OCE-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Randall F. Watterson, Timothy G. Moore, Keith W. Rupp, Jason G. Stehle
  • Process of specifying print time fold method, location, and orientation
    Patent number: 8010898
    Abstract: A method for specifying a folding option for a print job includes displaying a file from the print job, after selection by a user for printing, the file comprising a legend, opening the file in a preview window, displaying markers in corners of the preview window, reading out a user selected marker, after selection of a displayed marker by a user, reading out a number of user set preprogrammed fold variables from a list of preprogrammed fold variables, and folding based on the user selected marker and the number of user set preprogrammed fold variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: OCE-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Timothy G. Moore, Randall F. Watterson, Wim Van Grimbergen, Paul Sluzek, Jason G. Stasiak, William Marvin Grasser, II, Scot A. Bryant
  • Automatic job routing for wide format print distribution
    Publication number: 20080204794
    Abstract: A method for dispatching a job for printing an original document from an original document set to a printer. The method includes routing the job to a printer group based on the characteristics of the original document via a dispatcher. When exactly one printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the job is routed to the one printer group. When more than one printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the dispatcher routes the job to a printer group that requires the shortest estimated time to complete the job. When no printer group has all capabilities required by the job, the dispatcher notifies a user via the operating screen for manual treatment of the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Randall F. Watterson, Timothy G. Moore, Keith W. Rupp, Jason G. Stehle
  • Process of specifying print time fold method, location, and orientation
    Publication number: 20080147210
    Abstract: A method for specifying a folding option for a print job includes displaying a file from the print job, after selection by a user for printing, the file comprising a legend, opening the file in a preview window, displaying markers in corners of the preview window, reading out a user selected marker, after selection of a displayed marker by a user, reading out a number of user set preprogrammed fold variables from a list of preprogrammed fold variables, and folding based on the user selected marker and the number of user set preprogrammed fold variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Timothy G. Moore, Randall F. Watterson, Wim Van Grimbergen, Paul Sluzak, Jason G. Stasiak, Willam Marvin Grasser, Scot A. Bryant