Patents by Inventor Sara Kleiman

Sara Kleiman 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).

  • Methods and system for managing credit card usage in pre-paid printing system accounts
    Patent number: 8650088
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for managing prepaid usage of document processing devices, in which an account manager system (104) automatically purchases prepaid account credits for customer accounts and applies print units to document processing devices registered to customer accounts periodically and according to preset top off thresholds (123, 128) subject to predefined limits (124, 129), and in which customer computer agents (360) allow just in time printing using devices with job-based application of print units to selected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James Patrick VanWinckle, Charles Robert Carlson, Peter Charles Rapley, Shanti Villarreal, Christopher Dale Iburg, Sara Kleiman
  • Pre-paid document processing devices and operating methods
    Patent number: 8542376
    Abstract: Document processing devices and methods are presented, in which the device stores a remaining print unit value in its memory that represents the amount of print units currently available to enable the device to perform the document processing operations, and a programmable computer of the device selectively performs document processing jobs for users and decrements the remaining print unit value until the value reaches zero and the device provides for expenditure of print units according to color content and/or coverage levels determined for a given job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Robert Carlson, James Patrick VanWinkle, Paul Ronald Herman, Shanti Villarreal, Brent Rodney Jones, Ashok Murthy, Sara Kleiman, Mark Simon Boyt
  • Methods and apparatus for managing pre-paid printing system accounts
    Patent number: 8332332
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for managing document processing device usage in which a customer accesses a management system to buy and pay for account credits, and to apply print units to specific managed device by conversion of account credits based on current pricing information for the specified account and the particular device at the time of the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Robert Carlson, James Patrick VanWinkle, Paul Ronald Herman, Shanti Villarreal, Brent Rodney Jones, Ashok Murthy, Sara Kleiman, Mark Simon Boyt
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CREDIT CARD USAGE IN PRE-PAID PRINTING SYSTEM ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20110191197
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for managing prepaid usage of document processing devices, in which an account manager system (104) automatically purchases prepaid account credits for customer accounts and applies print units to document processing devices registered to customer accounts periodically and according to preset top off thresholds (123, 128) subject to predefined limits (124, 129), and in which customer computer agents (360) allow just in time printing using devices with job-based application of print units to selected devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Patrick VanWinkle, Charles Robert Carlson, Peter Charles Rapley, Shanti Villarreal, Christopher Dale Iburg, Sara Kleiman
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PRE-PAID PRINTING SYSTEM ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20110191148
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for managing document processing device usage in which a customer accesses a management system to buy and pay for account credits, and to apply print units to specific managed device by conversion of account credits based on current pricing information for the specified account and the particular device at the time of the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Robert Carlson, James Patrick VanWinkle, Paul Ronald Herman, Shanti Villarreal, Brent Rodney Jones, Ashok Murthy, Sara Kleiman, Mark Simon Boyt
  • PRE-PAID DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES AND OPERATING METHODS
    Publication number: 20110188067
    Abstract: Document processing devices and methods are presented, in which the device stores a remaining print unit value in its memory that represents the amount of print units currently available to enable the device to perform the document processing operations, and a programmable computer of the device selectively performs document processing jobs for users and decrements the remaining print unit value until the value reaches zero and the device provides for expenditure of print units according to color content and/or coverage levels determined for a given job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Robert Carlson, James Patrick VanWinkle, Paul Ronald Herman, Shanti Villarreal, Brent Rodney Jones, Ashok Murthy, Sara Kleiman, Mark Simon Boyt