Patents by Inventor Richard G. Lea

Richard G. Lea 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).

  • Patent number: 6898624
    Abstract: The described system and procedure provides fax delivery services to a user that only has convenient access to a single-function networked printer device. To accomplish this, the system receives a facsimile sent to a telephone number. Responsive to receiving the facsimile, the facsimile is converted from a fax data format to a printable data format that is compatible with a printer device. Next, the converted facsimile is wrapped in a network transfer protocol language such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol to form a Web Page. Next, a Universal Resource Locator (URL) is identified that corresponds to the telephone number used to send the facsimile to the system. The URL identifies an embedded web server in a printer. Next, the Web page containing the converted facsimile is communicated to the identified embedded web server for printing by the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Bruce M. Young, Michael P. Prenn, Richard G. Lea
  • Publication number: 20040205115
    Abstract: The described system and procedure provides fax delivery services to a user that only has convenient access to a single-function networked printer device. To accomplish this, the system receives a facsimile sent to a telephone number. Responsive to receiving the facsimile, the facsimile is converted from a fax data format to a printable data format that is compatible with a printer device. Next, the converted facsimile is wrapped in a network transfer protocol language such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol to form a Web Page. Next, a Universal Resource Locator (URL) is identified that corresponds to the telephone number used to send the facsimile to the system. The URL identifies an embedded web server in a printer. Next, the Web page containing the converted facsimile is communicated to the identified embedded web server for printing by the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce M. Young, Michael P. Prenn, Richard G. Lea
  • Patent number: 5764863
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for printing multiple original copies from a single transmission of one copy of a document from a document generating source. The invention employs a storage device within an image forming device to make an electronic copy of the document as the document is printed the first time. The image forming device then iteratively prints the desired number multiple original copies by reading successive print jobs from the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Fall, Kevin C. Hess, Richard G. Lea