Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Strasen

Stephen M. Strasen 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).

  • Document targeting systems and methods
    Patent number: 8098402
    Abstract: A raster image target tracking method, the raster image being a binary raster image or a targeted contone raster image, may include determining target information that corresponds to a target device for the raster image, saving the target information in a memory, comprising the raster image target device to a processing device by which the document is to be processed, and providing a warning message when the document target device does not correspond to the processing device. Also, a compound document analysis and target tracking method may include providing a compound document, analyzing each object of the compound document to determine target information, saving the target information in a memory, comparing the target devices of the respective objects to each other, and providing a warning message to a user when the target devices of the respective objects do not correspond to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Jacobs, Michael E. Farrell, David E. Rumph, Stephen M. Strasen