Patents by Inventor Tracy K. Freeman

Tracy K. Freeman 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).

  • Indirect processing of print jobs
    Patent number: 7623253
    Abstract: A system for processing a print job stores the print job on a first device. A pointer is provided to a printing device, which notifies the printing device that the print job is waiting to be processed. The pointer also identifies the name and location of the print job stored on the first device. When the printing device is ready to process the print job, the printing device retrieves the print job from the first device using the pointer. Additionally, the printing device may retrieve a particular font prior to processing the print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alan J Oyama, James S Boyce, Dale A. Saur, Tracy K Freeman
  • Providing of print job attributes for later access before printing
    Patent number: 6707574
    Abstract: A method of providing print job attributes for later access before printing of the job includes collecting and storing print job attributes of the print job in a manner that makes them accessible for viewing. The attributes may later be viewed in response to a user query of a stored print job. From the attributes, a user can determine when and whether the stored print job should be printed. The collected attributes may also be used to determine the order of printing jobs stored in a print queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tracy K. Freeman, Alan J. Oyama
  • Method for suggesting corrective action in response to resource constraint
    Publication number: 20030056146
    Abstract: A printer having fast memory and slow memory receives a print job from an information handling system. If at least one page of the print job is larger than the available capacity of either fast memory or slow memory, the printer generates a message offering one or more options for handling the resource constraint within the printer memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Tracy K. Freeman, Mark E. Hodges