Patents by Inventor William T. McMahon

William T. McMahon 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).

  • Intelligent printer settings
    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
  • Intelligent printer settings
    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