Patents by Inventor Yokichi Joe Tanaka

Yokichi Joe Tanaka 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: 7315824
    Abstract: Printing over a network, such as the Internet, by uploading, via the network, to a printing service provider, print data information and location information, determining identification information based on the uploaded location information, correlating, at the printing service provider, the determined identification information with the uploaded print data information, inputting the identification information at a printing device connected to the network, transmitting the print data information having the correlated identification information to the printing device, and printing the print data information on the printing device. The location information may be a network address from which the uploading step is initiated, where the network address is dynamically determined by a hotel server when a user connects a computing device to a network connection in the hotel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Development Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Chen, Don Francis Purpura, Martin Ervin Page, Katayoun Shoa, Hye-Sook Kim Lee, Yokichi Joe Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7113299
    Abstract: Printing over a network by inputting print data to be printed and associated credit card information at a host terminal, uploading a print job comprising the print data to be printed and the associated credit card information to a print data storage server, inputting credit card information at an input device that communicates with the print data storage server, transmitting print data stored in the print data storage server having associated credit card information that corresponds to the credit card information input at the input device, and printing the print data on a printing device. The uploaded print job may be marked as ready for printing such that the print data transmitted to the printing device is that which has been marked as ready for printing. In addition, a display of pending print jobs may be provided for a user to select a print job to print prior to the print data being transmitted to the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Development Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Ann Suzuki, Rajini Bala Giridharagopal, Neil Y. Iwamoto, Vladimir Sevastyanov, Royce E. Slick, Martin Ervin Page, Katayoun Shoa, Yokichi Joe Tanaka, Paul Chen, Stephen Keung
  • Publication number: 20030105643
    Abstract: Printing over a network, such as the Internet, by uploading, via the network, to a printing service provider, print data information and location information, determining identification information based on the uploaded location information, correlating, at the printing service provider, the determined identification information with the uploaded print data information, inputting the identification information at a printing device connected to the network, transmitting the print data information having the correlated identification information to the printing device, and printing the print data information on the printing device. The location information may be a network address from which the uploading step is initiated, where the network address is dynamically determined by a hotel server when a user connects a computing device to a network connection in the hotel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Chen, Don Francis Purpura, Martin Ervin Page, Katayoun Shoa, Hye-Sook Kim Lee, Yokichi Joe Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20030011809
    Abstract: Printing over a network by inputting print data to be printed and associated credit card information at a host terminal, uploading a print job comprising the print data to be printed and the associated credit card information to a print data storage server, inputting credit card information at an input device that communicates with the print data storage server, transmitting print data stored in the print data storage server having associated credit card information that corresponds to the credit card information input at the input device, and printing the print data on a printing device. The uploaded print job may be marked as ready for printing such that the print data transmitted to the printing device is that which has been marked as ready for printing. In addition, a display of pending print jobs may be provided for a user to select a print job to print prior to the print data being transmitted to the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Stephanie Ann Suzuki, Rajini Bala Giridharagopal, Neil Y. Iwamoto, Valdimir Sevastyanov, Royce E. Slick, Martin Ervin Page, Katayoun Shoa, Yokichi Joe Tanaka, Paul Chen, Stephen Keung