Patents by Inventor Robert James St. Jacques, Jr.

Robert James St. Jacques, Jr. 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 decentralized job scheduling and distributed execution in a network of multifunction devices
    Patent number: 8661129
    Abstract: A system and method for scheduling and executing jobs in a decentralized multifunction device (MFD) network is provided. The method includes receiving at an origin node of the network of MFDs a job, where the job includes data and a request to perform an operation on the data. MFDs of the network are selected to execute the requested operation on at least a portion of the job data. Portions of the job data are apportioned to the selected MFDs for processing thereof by executing the requested operation. The selecting and the apportioning are performed using historical information related to previous performance and reliability of the MFDs of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shanmuga-nathan Gnanasambandam, Robert James St. Jacques, Jr., Hua Liu, Bruce Carter Lyon, Michael P. Kehoe, Naveen Sharma
  • Method and system for automatically providing for multi-point document storing, access, and retrieval
    Patent number: 8339639
    Abstract: A method and a system for storing, accessing, and retrieving data, the printing system including a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs) in operable communication with a network, the plurality of MFDs configured to be positioned in different geographical locations; and a memory device for automatically storing the data generated by the plurality of MFDs; wherein an authorized user is enabled to print a document via a print request from a first MFD of the plurality of MFDs and then retrieve the document at any of the other MFDs on the network without re-sending another print request from the first MFD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert James St. Jacques, Jr., Hua Liu, Shanmuga-nathan Gnanasambandam, Naveen Sharma
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING FOR MULTI-POINT DOCUMENT STORING, ACCESS, AND RETRIEVAL
    Publication number: 20100149572
    Abstract: A method and a system for storing, accessing, and retrieving data, the printing system including a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs) in operable communication with a network, the plurality of MFDs configured to be positioned in different geographical locations; and a memory device for automatically storing the data generated by the plurality of MFDs; wherein an authorized user is enabled to print a document via a print request from a first MFD of the plurality of MFDs and then retrieve the document at any of the other MFDs on the network without re-sending another print request from the first MFD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert James St. Jacques, JR., Hua Liu, Shanmuga-nathan Gnanasambandam, Naveen Sharma
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED JOB SCHEDULING AND DISTRIBUTED EXECUTION IN A NETWORK OF MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100115097
    Abstract: A system and method for scheduling and executing jobs in a decentralized multifunction device (MFD) network is provided. The method includes receiving at an origin node of the network of MFDs a job, where the job includes data and a request to perform an operation on the data. MFDs of the network are selected to execute the requested operation on at least a portion of the job data. Portions of the job data are apportioned to the selected MFDs for processing thereof by executing the requested operation. The selecting and the apportioning are performed using historical information related to previous performance and reliability of the MFDs of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shanmuga-nathan Gnanasambandam, Robert James St. Jacques, JR., Hua Liu, Bruce Carter Lyon, Michael P. Kehoe, Naveen Sharma