Patents by Inventor William Kendall Meade, II

William Kendall Meade, II 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).

  • Virtual media tray
    Patent number: 7251047
    Abstract: A virtual media tray causes a print device to perform one or more operations in response to a request to print a document. The operations may include storing, emailing, or faxing a copy of the document to another location. The operations may also include adding text in the form of a header, footer, or watermark when the document is printed. An operation associated with a virtual print tray may also have an associated condition such that the operation is performed when the associated condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: William Kendall Meade, II
  • Hard copy cost recovery systems, an apparatus for tracking usage information for a hard copy device, hard copy devices, and a usage accounting method
    Patent number: 6903836
    Abstract: An apparatus for tracking usage information for an image forming device is provided which includes an image forming device, processing circuitry and memory. The processing circuitry is associated with the image forming device and is operative to detect consumable usage information at the image forming device. The memory is coupled with the processing circuitry and is operative to store a data file containing the user information, the output job information, and the usage information. A method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William Kendall Meade, II, Clint S. Cuzzo, Paul Leclerc