Patents by Inventor Robert Patrick Smyth

Robert Patrick Smyth 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).

  • Publication number: 20160004496
    Abstract: System and methods for flexible attribute tracking and report generation for a workflow. One embodiment is a workflow server that receives a selection of attributes to track for print jobs as the print jobs are processed in a print system, and generates print reports based on the attributes being tracked. The workflow server receives an indication to remove a first attribute from tracking, receives an instruction to include data for the first attribute in a print report, retrieves the data for the first attribute that was recorded before removal of the first attribute from tracking, and includes the data for the first attribute in the print report while the first attribute remains removed from tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Linda Sue Liebelt, Robert Patrick Smyth, Marquis G. Waller, Scott Thomas Ziegler
  • Patent number: 9229670
    Abstract: System and methods for flexible attribute tracking and report generation for a workflow. One embodiment is a workflow server that receives a selection of attributes to track for print jobs as the print jobs are processed in a print system, and generates print reports based on the attributes being tracked. The workflow server receives an indication to remove a first attribute from tracking, receives an instruction to include data for the first attribute in a print report, retrieves the data for the first attribute that was recorded before removal of the first attribute from tracking, and includes the data for the first attribute in the print report while the first attribute remains removed from tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Linda Sue Liebelt, Robert Patrick Smyth, Marquis G. Waller, Scott Thomas Ziegler
  • Patent number: 9207887
    Abstract: System and methods for presentation of predicted steps in a print workflow. One embodiment is a system that identifies a print workflow with interconnected steps of multiple potential paths. The system identifies a print job, generates a copy of the print job, and simulates execution a step in the print workflow with the copy of the print job. The execution comprises: determining whether the step includes conditional branching, and, when the step includes conditional branching, predicting a subsequent step by evaluating conditions of the step against property values of the copy of the print job. The execution also comprises updating the property values based on the execution of the step. The system repeats the execution for each subsequently predicted step to predict a path of the print job. The system includes a graphical user interface to display the path that is predicted for the print job in the print workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Leonard Corning Lahey, Linda Sue Liebelt, Robert Patrick Smyth, Marquis G. Waller, Scott Thomas Ziegler