Patents by Inventor Wendy Abbott

Wendy Abbott 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).

  • Highly-scalable native fleet management
    Patent number: 10367957
    Abstract: A method of providing native scalable management of a fleet of managed devices, which includes establishing a Trust Community, which includes a sub-set of the managed devices, organizing the Trust Community, configuring one of the managed devices in the organized Trust Community as a Root Device to publish files via a file sharing function, adding the Root Device to a distribution profile stored in a database, creating or downloading files via the Root Device, and sharing the files with other devices in the organized Trust Community via the Root Device. Any devices on hold or offline are placed in a temporary working area for reorganizing. Download and install schedules are set up on a per device or a bulk basis according to policies. Files are placed into a staging area before re-distribution and checked for security, integrity, and/or completeness via checksums, digitally signed certificates, and/or internal structure checks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth B. Schleede, Noah Ullmann, Yolanda R. Zhesnik, Jefferson Spiers Tuttle, Keith Watson, Michael William Barrett, Wendy Abbott, Mirelsa Fontanes-Perez, Paul Roberts Conlon, Mark Allen Sixbey
  • Tools and methods for customizing multi-function devices
    Patent number: 9176751
    Abstract: Apparatus are provided that includes a multi-function device that is configured to perform a plurality of functions relating to manipulating a document. The multi-function device can have a display configured to display interface tool for facilitating the customization of a function of the multi-function device. The interface tools allow a user to communicate with the multi-function device to enter information relating to the customized function. The custom application can be configured to be installed on the multi-function device, and the custom application is used to customize the multi-function device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Dianne Colelli, Kristopher James Stasiw, Wendy Abbott, Linh La, Kelvin Kwan, Boris Shmoys, Michael Trent, Jacob Woodworth, Stephen J. Sydorowicz, Khalid Rabb, Rick Born, Myriam Martinez, James Howell, Bernard R. Heroux, Jr., David Mensing, Christine Miyachi, Kenneth Schleede
  • Tools And Methods For Customizing Multi-Function Devices
    Publication number: 20130268926
    Abstract: Apparatus are provided that includes a multi-function device that is configured to perform a plurality of functions relating to manipulating a document. The multi-function device can have a display configured to display interface tool for facilitating the customization of a function of the multi-function device. The interface tools allow a user to communicate with the multi-function device to enter information relating to the customized function. The custom application can be configured to be installed on the multi-function device, and the custom application is used to customize the multi-function device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dianne Colelli, Kristopher James Stasiw, Wendy Abbott, Linh La, Kelvin Kwan, Boris Shmoys, Michael Trent, Jacob Woodworth, Stephen J. Sydorowicz, Khalid Rabb, Rick Born, Myriam Martinez, James Howell, Bernard R. Heroux, JR., David Mensing, Christine Miyachi, Kenneth Schleede