Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Koontz

Robert Allen Koontz 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: 7844749
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of providing an electronic device and a corresponding localization key to a customer for localization of the electronic device, as well as a corresponding localization key and computer-readable medium. The methods select a localization key corresponding to the location of the customer, and provide the electronic device and the selected localization key for delivery to the customer. The selected localization key includes a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for execution by a processor of the electronic device. When the localization key is interfaced to the electronic device, the instructions cause the processor of the electronic device to select one of a plurality of localization profiles indicated by the instructions to correspond to the location of the customer and to implement the selected localization profile on the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gavan Tredoux, Ian Finlay, Robert Allen Koontz
  • Publication number: 20090119017
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of providing an electronic device and a corresponding localization key to a customer for localization of the electronic device, as well as a corresponding localization key and computer-readable medium. The methods select a localization key corresponding to the location of the customer, and provide the electronic device and the selected localization key for delivery to the customer. The selected localization key includes a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for execution by a processor of the electronic device. When the localization key is interfaced to the electronic device, the instructions cause the processor of the electronic device to select one of a plurality of localization profiles indicated by the instructions to correspond to the location of the customer and to implement the selected localization profile on the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gavan TREDOUX, Ian Finlay, Robert Allen Koontz
  • Patent number: 7307531
    Abstract: A coupler board includes an antenna that generates an electromagnetic field for wireless communication of data with multiple memory devices. The memory devices have data associated with operation of the machine stored therein, and may be configured as customer replaceable unit monitors (CRUMs) or system operation keys (SOKs). The memory devices may be in the form of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The electromagnetic field may have a dual-lobe radiation pattern to communicate with memory devices on either side of the coupler board. In one embodiment, the machine is a printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Heiko Rommelmann, Robert Allen Koontz, Alberto Rodriguez, William H. Phipps