Patents by Inventor Steven W. Irons
Steven W. Irons 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: 20240412171Abstract: A digital mailroom application is used by a mail clerk to process incoming physical mail by scanning the piece of physical mail to generate a corresponding digital mail piece, which is stored in a user personal data space in a document repository managed by a document management system. An electronic notification for the digital mail piece provides access to a menu that includes a plurality of instructions to a mailroom processing the incoming physical mail. When a recipient of the electronic notification selects one of the plurality of instructions on the menu in the electronic notification, the digital mailroom application sends the selected one instruction to a worker in the mailroom to perform corresponding processing for a physical mail piece corresponding to the selected digital mail piece for which the corresponding electronic notification was sent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Dale Shoup, Michael A. Herzog
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Publication number: 20240386386Abstract: A digital mailroom application is used by a mail clerk to process incoming physical mail. The digital mailroom application receives a list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings, then processes the incoming physical mail using the list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings. A piece of incoming physical mail can be processed by determining one of the mail recipients as the recipient for the piece of physical mail. The piece of physical mail is then scanned to generate a corresponding digital mail piece, which is routed electronically based on the defined mail delivery settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: November 21, 2024Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Dale Shoup, Michael A. Herzog
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Publication number: 20230289738Abstract: A digital mailroom application is used by a mail clerk to process incoming physical mail. The digital mailroom application receives a list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings, then processes the incoming physical mail using the list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings. A piece of incoming physical mail can be processed by determining one of the mail recipients as the recipient for the piece of physical mail. The piece of physical mail is then scanned to generate a corresponding digital mail piece, which is routed electronically based on the defined mail delivery settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Dale Shoup, Michael A. Herzog
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Patent number: 11694164Abstract: A digital mailroom application is used by a mail clerk to process incoming physical mail. The digital mailroom application receives a list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings, then processes the incoming physical mail using the list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings. A piece of incoming physical mail can be processed by determining one of the mail recipients as the recipient for the piece of physical mail. The piece of physical mail is then scanned to generate a corresponding digital mail piece, which is routed electronically based on the defined mail delivery settings.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: DocSolid LLCInventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Dale Shoup, Michael A. Herzog
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Publication number: 20220261763Abstract: A digital mailroom application is used by a mail clerk to process incoming physical mail. The digital mailroom application receives a list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings, then processes the incoming physical mail using the list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings. A piece of incoming physical mail can be processed by determining one of the mail recipients as the recipient for the piece of physical mail. The piece of physical mail is then scanned to generate a corresponding digital mail piece, which is routed electronically based on the defined mail delivery settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Dale Shoup, Michael A. Herzog
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Publication number: 20220261762Abstract: A digital mailroom application is used by a mail clerk to process incoming physical mail. The digital mailroom application receives a list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings, then processes the incoming physical mail using the list of mail recipients and mail delivery settings. A piece of incoming physical mail can be processed by determining one of the mail recipients as the recipient for the piece of physical mail. The piece of physical mail is then scanned to generate a corresponding digital mail piece, which is routed electronically based on the defined mail delivery settings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Dale Shoup, Michael A. Herzog
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Patent number: 10931848Abstract: A printed document client receives a first print stream for a soft copy document, determines whether one or more conditions for adding a graphical symbol to the printed document are satisfied, and when the one or more conditions for adding the graphical symbol to the printed document are satisfied, adds the graphical symbol to the first print stream to generate a second print stream that includes the graphical symbol, and outputs the second print stream to a printer so the graphical symbol is printed on the printed document corresponding to the soft copy document. The printed document can be a hard copy document or a soft copy document generated from the second print stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: DocSolid LLCInventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Anthony Argenziano, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Publication number: 20200204701Abstract: A printed document client receives a first print stream for a soft copy document, determines whether one or more conditions for adding a graphical symbol to the printed document are satisfied, and when the one or more conditions for adding the graphical symbol to the printed document are satisfied, adds the graphical symbol to the first print stream to generate a second print stream that includes the graphical symbol, and outputs the second print stream to a printer so the graphical symbol is printed on the printed document corresponding to the soft copy document. The printed document can be a hard copy document or a soft copy document generated from the second print stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Anthony Argenziano, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Patent number: 10623601Abstract: A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from Document Management Systems (DMSs) that manage electronic soft copy documents. One or more DMSs are registered with a postmark server. A client computing device executes a postmark client, detects a print event for a specified document, and queries a postmark server to determine whether the print event for the specified document should include a graphical postmark. In response, the postmark server queries one or more of the registered DMSs to determine whether the specified document matches a document in any of the repositories of the registered DMS(s). When the specified document to be printed matches a document in a registered DMS, the postmark server authorizes the postmark client to add the graphical postmark in a print stream corresponding to the print event for the specified document.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: DocSolid LLCInventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Anthony Argenziano, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Patent number: 10621239Abstract: A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from Document Management Systems (DMSs) that manage electronic soft copy documents. One or more DMSs are registered with a postmark server. A client computing device executes a postmark client, detects a print event for a specified document, and queries a postmark server to determine whether the print event for the specified document should include a graphical postmark. In response, the postmark server queries one or more of the registered DMSs to determine whether the specified document matches a document in any of the repositories of the registered DMS(s). When the specified document to be printed matches a document in a registered DMS, the postmark server authorizes the postmark client to add the graphical postmark in a print stream corresponding to the print event for the specified document.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: DocSolid LLCInventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Anthony Argenziano, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Publication number: 20190222702Abstract: A document processing system uses a label on a document that includes a machine-readable portion that identifies a document, a first defined region corresponding to a system-defined function, and a second defined region corresponding to a user-defined function. When a user hand-writes a mark in the first defined region of the label, when the document is scanned, the mark is detected, and the system-defined function corresponding to the first defined function is performed for the document. When a user hand-writes a mark in the second defined region of the label, when the document is scanned, the mark is detected, and the user-defined function corresponding to the second defined region is performed for the document. The hand-written mark can include a character, with multiple system-defined functions corresponding to different characters in the first defined region, and multiple user-defined functions corresponding to different characters in the second defined region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn
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Patent number: 10291796Abstract: A document processing system uses a label on a document that includes a machine-readable portion that identifies a document, a first defined region corresponding to a system-defined function, and a second defined region corresponding to a user-defined function. When a user hand-writes a mark in the first defined region of the label, when the document is scanned, the mark is detected, and the system-defined function corresponding to the first defined function is performed for the document. When a user hand-writes a mark in the second defined region of the label, when the document is scanned, the mark is detected, and the user-defined function corresponding to the second defined region is performed for the document. The hand-written mark can include a character, with multiple system-defined functions corresponding to different characters in the first defined region, and multiple user-defined functions corresponding to different characters in the second defined region.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: DocSolid LLCInventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn
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Patent number: 10264159Abstract: A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from a Document Management System (DMS) that manages electronic soft copy documents also known as source documents. Documents in a DMS repository are registered in a postmark registry by a registration agent. When a document that is registered in the postmark registry is printed, a graphical symbol referred to as a “postmark” is generated and inserted into the print stream so the postmark is printed on the hard copy of the document. The printed document is logged in a printed document store along with metadata associated with the printed document. The postmark on the printed document can be used for one or more purposes, such as to determine whether the printed document can be shredded after use and to determine whether the printed document is current.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: DocSolid LLCInventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Publication number: 20190068807Abstract: A document processing system uses a label on a document that includes a machine-readable portion that identifies a document, a first defined region corresponding to a system-defined function, and a second defined region corresponding to a user-defined function. When a user hand-writes a mark in the first defined region of the label, when the document is scanned, the mark is detected, and the system-defined function corresponding to the first defined function is performed for the document. When a user hand-writes a mark in the second defined region of the label, when the document is scanned, the mark is detected, and the user-defined function corresponding to the second defined region is performed for the document. The hand-written mark can include a character, with multiple system-defined functions corresponding to different characters in the first defined region, and multiple user-defined functions corresponding to different characters in the second defined region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn
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Publication number: 20190045077Abstract: A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from Document Management Systems (DMSs) that manage electronic soft copy documents. One or more DMSs are registered with a postmark server. A client computing device executes a postmark client, detects a print event for a specified document, and queries a postmark server to determine whether the print event for the specified document should include a graphical postmark. In response, the postmark server queries one or more of the registered DMSs to determine whether the specified document matches a document in any of the repositories of the registered DMS(s). When the specified document to be printed matches a document in a registered DMS, the postmark server authorizes the postmark client to add the graphical postmark in a print stream corresponding to the print event for the specified document.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Anthony Argenziano, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Publication number: 20180329903Abstract: A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from Document Management Systems (DMSs) that manage electronic soft copy documents. One or more DMSs are registered with a postmark server. A client computing device executes a postmark client, detects a print event for a specified document, and queries a postmark server to determine whether the print event for the specified document should include a graphical postmark. In response, the postmark server queries one or more of the registered DMSs to determine whether the specified document matches a document in any of the repositories of the registered DMS(s). When the specified document to be printed matches a document in a registered DMS, the postmark server authorizes the postmark client to add the graphical postmark in a print stream corresponding to the print event for the specified document.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Anthony Argenziano, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Patent number: 10110771Abstract: A printed document manager manages printed documents associated with respective electronic documents. When a document is printed, a graphical symbol referred to as a “postmark” is generated and inserted into the print stream so the postmark is printed on the hard copy of the document. The printed document is logged in a printed document store along with metadata associated with the printed document. The postmark on the printed document can be used for one or more purposes, such as to determine whether the printed document is current, to locate the corresponding print image in the printed document store, to locate the corresponding electronic document in the document management system, to automatically file a hand-notated version of the printed document, and to determine whether the printed document can be shredded after use. The printed document manager thus provides a way to effectively manage printed documents.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: DocSolid LLCInventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Publication number: 20170264777Abstract: A printed document manager manages printed documents and is separate from a Document Management System (DMS) that manages electronic soft copy documents also known as source documents. Documents in a DMS repository are registered in a postmark registry by a registration agent. When a document that is registered in the postmark registry is printed, a graphical symbol referred to as a “postmark” is generated and inserted into the print stream so the postmark is printed on the hard copy of the document. The printed document is logged in a printed document store along with metadata associated with the printed document. The postmark on the printed document can be used for one or more purposes, such as to determine whether the printed document can be shredded after use and to determine whether the printed document is current.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Dale Shoup, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Publication number: 20160360062Abstract: A printed document manager manages printed documents associated with respective electronic documents. When a document is printed, a graphical symbol referred to as a “postmark” is generated and inserted into the print stream so the postmark is printed on the hard copy of the document. The printed document is logged in a printed document store along with metadata associated with the printed document. The postmark on the printed document can be used for one or more purposes, such as to determine whether the printed document is current, to locate the corresponding print image in the printed document store, to locate the corresponding electronic document in the document management system, to automatically file a hand-notated version of the printed document, and to determine whether the printed document can be shredded after use. The printed document manager thus provides a way to effectively manage printed documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn, Simon Okunev, Ian M. Miller
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Patent number: 9460356Abstract: A document processing system performs quality assurance processing after scanning to assure all needed processing is performed for the physical document and the corresponding electronic document. The quality assurance processing can include verifying the document being reviewed is the same as the document stored in the document management system, verifying the image quality for each page in the scanned document, and verifying a disposition policy for the physical document. Other processing for both the physical document and electronic document may also be performed during quality assurance processing.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: DocSolid LLCInventors: Steven W. Irons, David R. Guilbault, Eric R. Lynn