Craig D Brossman

US Patent:

6498661, Dec 24, 2002

Filed:

Mar 26, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/277056

Inventors:

Craig Duray Brossman - Boulder CO
Arianne Therese Hinds - Boulder CO
Nenad Rijavec - Longmont CO
Mikel J. Stanich - Longmont CO
Mark Andrew Stephens - Westminster CO
Raymond Glenn Wardell - Boulder CO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06K 1502

US Classification:

358 314, 358 323, 358406, 358468, 358434

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for transmitting data to a facsimile presentation device is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the method comprises the steps of receiving a presentation job comprising input data associable with at least one input grayscale value, retrieving at least one of a plurality of threshold matrices, each threshold matrix selected to control a grayscale rendering characteristic of the facsimile presentation device associated with the threshold matrix, applying the grayscale values to the retrieved threshold matrix to rasterize the input data, and transmitting the rasterized input data to the facsimile presentation device. This invention can be practiced in several embodiments, and permits the user to select the threshold matrix according to the presentation device and/or a selected presentation quality. In another embodiment of the invention, the apparatus comprises a means for receiving a presentation job having input data associable with at least one input grayscale value, means for retrieving at least one of a plurality of threshold matrices, each threshold matrix selected to control a grayscale rendering characteristic of the facsimile presentation device associated with the threshold matrix, means for applying the grayscale values to the retrieved threshold matrix to rasterize the input data, and means for transmitting the rasterized input data to the facsimile presentation device.

US Patent:

6535295, Mar 18, 2003

Filed:

Aug 24, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/139043

Inventors:

Craig Duray Brossman - Boulder CO
Arianne Therese Hinds - Boulder CO
Nenad Rijavec - Longmont CO
Mark Andrew Stephens - Westminster CO
Raymond Glenn Wardell - Boulder CO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 312

US Classification:

358 115, 710 8

Abstract:

A flexible and extensible virtual printer architecture is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention final status associated with a presentation job (e. g. , a fax job or a print job) is made available to an output server. One or more host processing threads or processes are spawned for each new presentation job received by the output server. Then, the presentation job is submitted to a presentation device for which the presentation job is destined by way of an instance of a wrapper process that is capable of communicating bi-directionally with the presentation device. After submitting the presentation job, a host job status thread or process waits for status pertaining to the presentation job. Ultimately, a final status associated with the presentation job is received by the wrapper process and the wrapper process reports the final status to the host job status thread or process. According to another aspect of the present invention, job and device status may be reported asynchronously.

US Patent:

6538773, Mar 25, 2003

Filed:

Mar 26, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/282024

Inventors:

Craig Duray Brossman - Boulder CO
Arianne Therese Hinds - Boulder CO
Nenad Rijavec - Longmont CO
Mikel J. Stanich - Longmont CO
Mark Andrew Stephens - Westminster CO
Raymond Glenn Wardell - Boulder CO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NJ

International Classification:

H04N 146

US Classification:

358 316, 358 113

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture, for transmitting data to facsimile presentation device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving a presentation job comprising input data associable with at least one input grayscale value, retrieving one of a plurality of stored transforms, each transform for modifying grayscale commands to control a grayscale rendering characteristic of a presentation device associated with the transform, applying the transform to the input grayscale value to produce calibrated grayscale values, and transmitting data representing the calibrated grayscale value to the facsimile presentation device. In one embodiment of the present invention, the step of transmitting the rasterized input data to the presentation device comprises the steps of reducing the rasterized input data to an intermediate format being one of a number of widely supported formats, generating device-specific data and device-specific control information for the presentation device based on the intermediate format and control information associated with the input data, and transmitting the device-specific data and the device-specific control information to the presentation device. This invention can be practiced in several embodiments, and permits the user to select the transform according to the presentation device and/or a selected presentation quality.

US Patent:

6542252, Apr 1, 2003

Filed:

Jun 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/880979

Inventors:

Craig Duray Brossman - Boulder CO
Arianne Therese Hinds - Boulder CO
Nenad Rijavec - Longmont CO
Mark Andrew Stephens - Westminster CO
Raymond Glenn Wardell - Boulder CO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1300

US Classification:

358 113, 358 115

Abstract:

A flexible and extensible virtual printer architecture is provided. According to one embodiment, a mechanism is provided for driving multiple heterogeneous presentation devices. A presentation job is received on behalf of a presentation device, the presentation job includes a data stream which contains source data in the form of text, image, graphics, and/or other embedded objects. The source data is then reduced to an intermediate format. Based upon the intermediate format and control information associated with the data stream, device-specific data and device-specific control information are generated for the presentation device. Finally, the presentation device is driven by providing the device-specific data and device-specific control information to the presentation device.

US Patent:

7095523, Aug 22, 2006

Filed:

Dec 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/318717

Inventors:

Craig Duray Brossman - Boulder CO, US
Nenad Rijavec - Longmont CO, US
Mark Andrew Stephens - Westminster CO, US
Raymond Glenn Wardell - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/12
G06K 15/00

US Classification:

358 115, 358 114

Abstract:

A flexible and extensible virtual printer architecture is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention final status associated with a presentation job (e. g. , a fax job or a print job) is made available to an output server. One or more host processing threads or processes are spawned for each new presentation job received by the output server. Then, the presentation job is submitted to a presentation device for which the presentation job is destined by way of an instance of a wrapper process that is capable of communicating bi-directionally with the presentation device. After submitting the presentation job, a host job status thread or process waits for status pertaining to the presentation job. Ultimately, a final status associated with the presentation job is received by the wrapper process and the wrapper process reports the final status to the host job status thread or process. According to another aspect of the present invention, job and device status may be reported asynchronously.

US Patent:

7265854, Sep 4, 2007

Filed:

Jan 24, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/490772

Inventors:

Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee - Boulder CO, US
Craig D Brossman - Boulder CO, US
Robert William Goings - Longmont CO, US
Arthur Ray Roberts - Boulder CO, US
John Thomas Varga - Longmont CO, US
Calvin Larry Doescher - Longmont CO, US
Lynn Mette Mastie - Longmont CO, US
David Earl Stone - Longmont CO, US
Dwight Ross Palmer - Longmont CO, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/00
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

358 115, 707 5, 358450, 358 118

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for managing complex presentation objects using globally-unique identifiers. Downloaded objects are identified by globally-unique identifiers to maintain object integrity and to facilitate capturing downloaded objects for reuse without additional download time overhead. An object may be referenced by selected indicia, such as a name, a globally-unique identifier or a globally-unique identifier and an object locator, The object is located by the selected indicia. Then, a decision is made whether to allow capture of the object based upon whether the selected indicia includes a globally-unique identifier and is secure.

US Patent:

8161067, Apr 17, 2012

Filed:

Feb 3, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/771055

Inventors:

Reinhard Heinrich Hohensee - Boulder CO, US
Craig D Brossman - Boulder CO, US
Robert William Goings - Longmont CO, US
Arthur Ray Roberts - Boulder CO, US
John Thomas Varga - Longmont CO, US
Calvin Larry Doescher - Longmont CO, US
Lynn Mette Mastie - Longmont CO, US
David Earl Stone - Longmont CO, US
Dwight Ross Palmer - Longmont CO, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

707782, 7079991, 707769, 709213, 709217, 709223

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for managing complex presentation objects using globally-unique identifiers. Downloaded objects are identified by globally-unique identifiers to maintain object integrity and to facilitate capturing downloaded objects for reuse without additional download time overhead. An object may be referenced by selected indicia, such as a name, a globally-unique identifier or a globally-unique identifier and an object locator, The object is located by the selected indicia. Then, a decision is made whether to allow capture of the object based upon whether the selected indicia includes a globally-unique identifier and is secure.

US Patent:

8582132, Nov 12, 2013

Filed:

Nov 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/300116

Inventors:

Thomas Ruehle - Steamboat Springs CO, US
David Tanigawa - Broomfield CO, US
Craig Brossman - Durango CO, US
John Condon - Berthoud CO, US
Ronald Smith - Leawood KS, US

Assignee:

InfoPrint Solutions Company LLC - Boulder CO

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

358 113

Abstract:

A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a Portable Document Format (PDF) print job file, applying a first transform to generate an Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) image print job data stream and applying a second transform to generate an AFP text print job data stream.