Patents by Inventor Theodore W. Thomas

Theodore W. Thomas 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).

  • Enabling features over common communication channel
    Patent number: 5442541
    Abstract: A technique for downloading or activating or deactivating selected machine features from a remote central station that is connected to the remote machine by a communication channel. Also, the invention includes identifying features to be downloaded and then activated at a given site and communicating the data relative to the identified features to the remote machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Randall R. Hube, Louis J. Cardinale, Christopher J. Auclair, Theodore W. Thomas