Patents by Inventor William R. Frolik

William R. Frolik 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).

  • Patent number: 7149783
    Abstract: The publisher of sequential issues of information makes these issues available only in sequence and only in accordance with certain rules such as the sequence can be accessed only for a set number of issues and only in ascending numerical order. A subscriber requests a subscription to the sequential issues. A service provider creates and maintains a unique record of the subscription that contains certain subscriber information. When the subscriber attempts to retrieve an issue, a calculation is made to determine whether the issue requested falls within the rules and time frames established for delivery of the requested issue. Delivery is accomplished for acceptable issue numbers via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William R. Frolik, Kurt J. Hausheer
  • Patent number: 6982804
    Abstract: A computer system includes an application with the ability to select printer settings from any of a variety of potential sources, and associate the printer settings with a document to be printed. The potential sources may include user-selected sets of printer settings that are particular to the document to be printed, are associated generally with the documents to be printed using the application, and globally associated with the computer system. The potential sources may also include a set of content-provider printer settings associated with the document and selected by a content-provider of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: William R. Frolik, Dana E. Laursen, William T. McMahon, Theodore E. Ransom, George M. Sachs
  • Publication number: 20030135506
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and computer programs for collating experiences of an interactive user Internet session by archiving a plurality of a user's Internet experiences in correspondence with correlated decisions and outcomes and arranging the decisions and outcomes in accordance with a predetermined scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Kurt J. Hausheer, William R. Frolik
  • Publication number: 20030081019
    Abstract: A computer system includes an application with the ability to select printer settings from any of a variety of potential sources, and associate the printer settings with a document to be printed. The potential sources may include user-selected sets of printer settings that are particular to the document to be printed, are associated generally with the documents to be printed using the application, and globally associated with the computer system. The potential sources may also include a set of content-provider printer settings associated with the document and selected by a content-provider of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: William R. Frolik, Dana E. Laursen, William T. McMahon, Theodore E. Ransom, George M. Sachs
  • Publication number: 20020152257
    Abstract: The publisher of sequential issues of information makes these issues available only in sequence and only in accordance with certain rules such as the sequence can be accessed only for a set number of issues and only in ascending numerical order. A subscriber requests a subscription to the sequential issues. A service provider creates and maintains a unique record of the subscription that contains certain subscriber information. When the subscriber attempts to retrieve an issue, a calculation is made to determine whether the issue requested falls within the rules and time frames established for delivery of the requested issue. Delivery is accomplished for acceptable issue numbers via a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: William R. Frolik, Kurt J. Hausheer