Patents by Inventor Richard T. Gregory

Richard T. Gregory 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).

  • System and method for distributed printer processing
    Patent number: 7936469
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for the distributed processing of print jobs using multiple printer processors and centralized printing. The method can include the operation of dividing the print job into a plurality of print job segments in a print distribution module. The plurality of print job segments is transmitted to one or more distribution responsive printers. A further operation can be processing the plurality of print job segments using the one or more distribution responsive printers. Another operation is receiving the plurality of print job segments from the one or more distribution responsive printers into the print distribution module. In addition, the plurality of print job segments is printed at a target printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Richard T. Gregory