Patents by Inventor Xavier Boix

Xavier Boix 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).

  • Method and system to track unused media
    Patent number: 8845213
    Abstract: In one embodiment, data is discerned, the data indicative of a first quantity of unused media contained within a roll. Prior to a plot being printed on the roll, a second quantity of unused media expected to be in the roll after the plot is printed is discerned using the data. Printing of a machine-readable marking on the roll, along with the plot, is caused, the marking being indicative of the second quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ana Maria Cardells, Oriol Borrell, Xavier Boix
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM TO TRACK UNUSED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20120076514
    Abstract: In one embodiment, data is discerned, the data indicative of a first quantity of unused media contained within a roll. Prior to a plot being printed on the roll, a second quantity of unused media expected to be in the roll after the plot is printed is discerned using the data. Printing of a machine-readable marking on the roll, along with the plot, is caused, the marking being indicative of the second quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Ana Maria Cardells, Oriol Borrell, Xavier Boix
  • System and method for downloading and for printing data from an external content source
    Patent number: 7324228
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling faster downloading and printing of data received from an external content source. In one embodiment, the method is segmenting the data file available on a content source external to the user computing device into a plurality of portions; independently downloading to said computing device each of said plurality of portions; and assembling each downloaded portion into a second data file on said computing device, to mach such first data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Luca Chiarabini, Xavier Boix, Mark E. Boettcher, Michael D. Whitmarsh
  • System and method for downloading and for printing data from an external content source
    Publication number: 20020039196
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling faster downloading and printing of data received from an external content source. In one embodiment, the method is segmenting the data file available on a content source external to the user computing device into a plurality of portions; independently downloading to said computing device each of said plurality of portions; and assembling each downloaded portion into a second data file on said computing device, to mach such first data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Luca Chiarabini, Xavier Boix, Mark E. Boettcher, Michael D. Whitmarsh