Patents by Inventor Thomas James Wack

Thomas James Wack 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 configuring an electronics device
    Patent number: 9569631
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring an electronics device. The method includes receiving, by the electronics device, a request for a command to perform a predetermined operation by the electronics device and sending the command in response to receiving the request. The electronics device then receives a signature based upon the command, whereupon the electronics device verifies the signature by the electronics device and, following an affirmative verification, executes the command for performing the predetermined operation. In this way, the electronics device may be reconfigured remotely without knowledge of the particular command for performing the predetermined operation by the electronics device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Alan Adkins, Stephen Porter Bush, Mark Walter Fagan, Duane Edward Norris, Douglas Keith Perterson, Jr., Thomas James Wack, Gregory Scott Woods
  • Method and Apparatus for Configuring an Electronics Device
    Publication number: 20120192293
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring an electronics device. The method includes receiving, by the electronics device, a request for a command to perform a predetermined operation by the electronics device and sending the command in response to receiving the request. The electronics device then receives a signature based upon the command, whereupon the electronics device verifies the signature by the electronics device and, following an affirmative verification, executes the command for performing the predetermined operation. In this way, the electronics device may be reconfigured remotely without knowledge of the particular command for performing the predetermined operation by the electronics device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Alan Adkins, Stephen Porter Bush, Mark Walter Fagan, Duane Edward Norris, Douglas Keith Perterson, JR., Thomas James Wack, Gregory Scott Woods