Patents by Inventor Scott Christopher Crosby

Scott Christopher Crosby 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).

  • Method and apparatus for secure printing
    Patent number: 7982890
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for securely communicating a print job to a printer, the systems and methods pausing the print job in a print queue on a client computer, obtaining first authentication information regarding a user at the client computer, obtaining second authentication information regarding a user at a release station adjacent the printer, communicating the second authentication information from the release station to the client computer, and releasing the print job from the print queue if the second authentication information matches the first authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan Corlett, Scott Christopher Crosby, Huy Phan
  • Method and Apparatus for Secure Printing
    Publication number: 20090040557
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for securely communicating a print job to a printer, the systems and methods pausing the print job in a print queue on a client computer, obtaining first authentication information regarding a user at the client computer, obtaining second authentication information regarding a user at a release station adjacent the printer, communicating the second authentication information from the release station to the client computer, and releasing the print job from the print queue if the second authentication information matches the first authentication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Dylan Corlett, Scott Christopher Crosby, Huy Phan
  • Methods and apparatus for secure printing
    Patent number: 7463374
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for securely communicating a print job to a printer, the systems and methods pausing the print job in a print queue on a client computer, obtaining first authentication information regarding a user at the client computer, obtaining second authentication information regarding a user at a release station adjacent the printer, communicating the second authentication information from the release station to the client computer, and releasing the print job from the print queue if the second authentication information matches the first authentication information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan Corlett, Scott Christopher Crosby, Huy Phan