Patents by Inventor Soiba Mohammad
Soiba Mohammad 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).
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Publication number: 20140139870Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling remote printing services to consistently obtain and utilize print capabilities of printing devices across a wide variety of connection topologies. A client device retrieves the print capabilities from one or more printing devices selected for printing a document. The document and the print capabilities are transmitted to a web print service for rending the document. The web print service generates a print job based on the document and the print capabilities of the printing device selected for printing the document. The web print service provides the print job to the selected printing device for subsequent printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventors: Yao-Tian Wang, Hitoshi Sekine, Soiba Mohammad
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Patent number: 8723963Abstract: A system for discovering, installing and using a printer device directly from a digital camera is provided. The system eliminates the use of a personal computer as an intermediary in printing images from a digital camera.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Soiba Mohammad
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Patent number: 8605311Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling remote printing services to consistently obtain and utilize print capabilities of printing devices across a wide variety of connection topologies. A client device retrieves the print capabilities from one or more printing devices selected for printing a document. The document and the print capabilities are transmitted to a web print service for rending the document. The web print service generates a print job based on the document and the print capabilities of the printing device selected for printing the document. The web print service provides the print job to the selected printing device for subsequent printing.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yao-Tian Wang, Hitoshi Sekine, Soiba Mohammad
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Patent number: 8547575Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for printer discovery with a webpage such that a client device may print the webpage via a remote printing service. The client device retrieves a webpage with an internet browser. The webpage includes a printer detection module that detects printing devices of one data network and transfers their printing characteristics to a print server in another data network. The printer detection module is accessible through the webpage. The printer detection module allows for the selection of one or more of the printing devices. The client device transfers the webpage (or the URL of the webpage) to the print server to render the webpage for printing on the selected printing device. The print server renders the webpage according to the printing characteristics of the selected printing device and then transfers the rendered webpage to the selected printing device via the client device for printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Ricoh Company, LtdInventors: Soiba Mohammad, Hitoshi Sekine, Yao-Tian Wang
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Patent number: 8179545Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring an imaging device is provided. A first imaging device may monitor communications exchanged between clients and imaging devices over a network to identify requests to process electronic documents. In response to the first imaging device either detecting a particular request, to process an electronic document, issued to a different imaging device than the first imaging device or receiving at the first imaging device the particular request to process the electronic document, the first imaging device may update its own current configuration for processing electronic documents. For example, an imaging device may update its own current configuration to reflect the most popular way in which electronic documents have been processed by imaging devices on the network.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Soiba Mohammad
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Patent number: 8144349Abstract: A system for distributing printed documents comprises print device logic comprising a Web Services server, wherein the print device logic is configured to send one or more Web Services messages that indicate attributes of a print device; sender print manager logic comprising a first Web Services client that is coupled over a network to the printer logic; wherein the sender print manager logic is configured to store the attributes, to request print history information from the print device, to determine one or more preferred print devices for one or more users based on the print history information, and to store a mapping of identifiers of the users in association with identifiers of the preferred print devices; wherein the sender print manager logic is configured to select one or more of the preferred print devices based on the mapping, and to initiate one or more print jobs to print a document on the selected preferred print devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Eicoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Soiba Mohammad
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Publication number: 20110222105Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for printing, via a remote printing service, Internet content retrieved by a client device. The retrieved Internet content is Internet inaccessible to the remote printing service as it is viewable within a private network (e.g., an Intranet). In one embodiment, a method includes retrieving the webpage from a data network with a client device, transferring a request from the client device to the remote printing service to render the webpage for printing, and receiving a response from the remote printing service indicating that the webpage is inaccessible. The method also includes storing data of the webpage in the client device and transferring the stored webpage data from the client device to the remote printing service for rendering and printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Yao-Tian Wang, Hitoshi Sekine, Soiba Mohammad
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Publication number: 20110222104Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for printer discovery with a webpage such that a client device may print the webpage via a remote printing service. The client device retrieves a webpage with an internet browser. The webpage includes a printer detection module that detects printing devices of one data network and transfers their printing characteristics to a print server in another data network. The printer detection module is accessible through the webpage. The printer detection module allows for the selection of one or more of the printing devices. The client device transfers the webpage (or the URL of the webpage) to the print server to render the webpage for printing on the selected printing device. The print server renders the webpage according to the printing characteristics of the selected printing device and then transfers the rendered webpage to the selected printing device via the client device for printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Soiba Mohammad, Hitoshi Sekine, Yao-Tian Wang
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Publication number: 20110037995Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling remote printing services to consistently obtain and utilize print capabilities of printing devices across a wide variety of connection topologies. A client device retrieves the print capabilities from one or more printing devices selected for printing a document. The document and the print capabilities are transmitted to a web print service for rending the document. The web print service generates a print job based on the document and the print capabilities of the printing device selected for printing the document. The web print service provides the print job to the selected printing device for subsequent printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: Yao-Tian Wang, Hitoshi Sekine, Soiba Mohammad
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Patent number: 7697851Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing electronic documents is provided. A request, from a first user, to issue an alert to a second user that may have submitted a print request to the printing device is received at the printing device. The printing device may be attempting to process the print request submitted by the second user when the printing device receives the request from the first user. The first user may not know the identity of the second user. The printing device consults contact data that identifies how to contact the second user. The printing device thereafter issues the alert to the second user in accordance with the contact data. Upon receiving the alert, the second user is informed of the current condition of the printing device, e.g., the printing device may be experiencing a problem that prevents the second user's print request from being fully processed.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Kurt Knodt, Soiba Mohammad, Yue Liu, Lifen Tian, Yao-Tian Wang, Yi Ding, Yuwen Wu
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Publication number: 20090179991Abstract: A system for discovering, installing and using a printer device directly from a digital camera is provided. The system eliminates the use of a personal computer as an intermediary in printing images from a digital camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventor: Soiba Mohammad
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Publication number: 20080170253Abstract: A system for distributing printed documents comprises print device logic comprising a Web Services server, wherein the print device logic is configured to send one or more Web Services messages that indicate attributes of a print device; sender print manager logic comprising a first Web Services client that is coupled over a network to the printer logic; wherein the sender print manager logic is configured to store the attributes, to request print history information from the print device, to determine one or more preferred print devices for one or more users based on the print history information, and to store a mapping of identifiers of the users in association with identifiers of the preferred print devices; wherein the sender print manager logic is configured to select one or more of the preferred print devices based on the mapping, and to initiate one or more print jobs to print a document on the selected preferred print devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventor: Soiba Mohammad
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Publication number: 20080031639Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing electronic documents is provided. A request, from a first user, to issue an alert to a second user that may have submitted a print request to the printing device is received at the printing device. The printing device may be attempting to process the print request submitted by the second user when the printing device receives the request from the first user. The first user may not know the identity of the second user. The printing device consults contact data that identifies how to contact the second user. The printing device thereafter issues the alert to the second user in accordance with the contact data. Upon receiving the alert, the second user is informed of the current condition of the printing device, e.g., the printing device may be experiencing a problem that prevents the second user's print request from being fully processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Kurt Knodt, Soiba Mohammad, Yue Liu, Lifen Tian, Yao-Tian Wang, Yi Ding, Yuwen Wu
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Publication number: 20070182987Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring an imaging device is provided. A first imaging device may monitor communications exchanged between clients and imaging devices over a network to identify requests to process electronic documents. In response to the first imaging device either detecting a particular request, to process an electronic document, issued to a different imaging device than the first imaging device or receiving at the first imaging device the particular request to process the electronic document, the first imaging device may update its own current configuration for processing electronic documents. For example, an imaging device may update its own current configuration to reflect the most popular way in which electronic documents have been processed by imaging devices on the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2006Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventor: Soiba Mohammad
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Patent number: 7016325Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for wirelessly exchanging communications with at least one mobile unit in a network that includes base stations units. The method includes receiving a wireless communication from the mobile unit, where the wireless communication is under a wireless communications protocol that does not provide for handoff of communications links between base station units. The method also includes obtaining a unique session identifier for the communication with the mobile unit, and establishing a communications link with the mobile unit, where the communications link includes link context data associated with the mobile unit. The link context data associated with the mobile unit is identified at least in part based on the unique session identifier.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Strix Systems, Inc.Inventors: James Beasley, Dennis Dombrowski, James Fuhring, James Jollota, Duke Kamstra, Matthew Kuiken, Wade Mergenthal, Soiba Mohammad, Carol Sherick, Spencer Stephens, Alan White, Said Zandian
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Publication number: 20020167965Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for wirelessly exchanging communications with at least one mobile unit in a network that includes base stations units. The method includes receiving a wireless communication from the mobile unit, where the wireless communication is under a wireless communications protocol that does not provide for handoff of communications links between base station units. The method also includes obtaining a unique session identifier for the communication with the mobile unit, and establishing a communications link with the mobile unit, where the communications link includes link context data associated with the mobile unit. The link context data associated with the mobile unit is identified at least in part based on the unique session identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2002Publication date: November 14, 2002Inventors: James Beasley, Dennis Dombrowski, James Fuhring, James Jollota, Duke Kamstra, Matthew Kuiken, Wade Mergenthal, Soiba Mohammad, Carol Sherick, Spencer Stephens, Alan White, Said Zandian