Patents by Inventor Rick P. Hoover

Rick P. Hoover 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: 8699053
    Abstract: A method, printer, system, and program product for mobile printing, comprising, in one embodiment, the steps of: obtaining a portable computing device with a reference to a printer-independent On-the-Go-print queue on the Internet; obtaining print data; and transferring the print data to the On-the-Go Print Queue on the Internet. In a further aspect of the present invention, the On-the-Go Print Queue may be accessed to set at least one storage or print parameter. In a further aspect of the present invention, the print data may be converted to generic print data and encrypted prior to transferring the print data to the On-the-Go Print Queue. In a yet further aspect, a key for decryption and the reference for the On-the-Go print queue may obtained at a printer from a portable computing device such as a smart card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Rick P. Hoover, Shell S. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20100218171
    Abstract: A computer executing a software process is monitored by a monitor engine that is coupled to one or more buses in the monitored computer and can be installed in the monitored computer or be separate. Software that is to be monitored is certified, i.e., its nominal “normal” operating parameters are determined. Thus, each certified software system running on the monitored computer will have one or more certificates or set points associated with it. An analytical component of the monitoring engine manages the set of certificates for each execution process on the monitored computer. The executing process is monitored by the analytical component and compared against the associated certificate for that process. At any point where the software process begins to diverge from its operational certificate, the analytical component will notify a final control element, or adaptive engine, which can terminate the process or attempt to correct the anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Computer Measurement Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Munson, Rick P. Hoover, Jack L. Meador
  • Patent number: 7283686
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an image processor includes a plurality of processing pipelines, each configured to receive data associated with a portion of an image and to output pulse data associated with the portion of the image. A buffer is configured to store the pulse data. Logic is configured to route the pulse data to an appropriate laser drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Bradley R. Larson, Rick P. Hoover
  • Publication number: 20040202383
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an image processor includes a plurality of processing pipelines, each configured to receive data associated with a portion of an image and to output pulse data associated with the portion of the image. A buffer is configured to store the pulse data. Logic is configured to route the pulse data to an appropriate laser drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Bradley R. Larson, Rick P. Hoover
  • Publication number: 20030137690
    Abstract: A method, printer, system, and program product for mobile printing, comprising, in one embodiment, the steps of: obtaining a portable computing device with a reference to a printer-independent On-the-Go-print queue on the Internet; obtaining print data; and transferring the print data to the On-the-Go Print Queue on the Internet. In a further aspect of the present invention, the On-the-Go Print Queue may be accessed to set at least one storage or print parameter. In a further aspect of the present invention, the print data may be converted to generic print data and encrypted prior to transferring the print data to the On-the-Go Print Queue. In a yet further aspect, a key for decryption and the reference for the On-the-Go print queue may obtained at a printer from a portable computing device such as a smart card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Rick P. Hoover, Shell S. Simpson