Douglas G Dunlap

US Patent:

20020181013, Dec 5, 2002

Filed:

Jun 4, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/873653

Inventors:

Douglas Dunlap - Boise ID, US

International Classification:

B41B001/00
G06F015/00

US Classification:

358/001150

Abstract:

A system and method of selecting a printer from a plurality of printers to fulfill a print job of a user includes providing a printer selection system controller having a printing capability of the printers registered therewith. The printer selection system controller compares a print request for the print job with the printing capability of the printers to determine which of the printers have the printing capability to fulfill the print job. As such, the printer selection system controller compiles a list of at least one printer which has the printing capability to fulfill the print job and presents the list to the user.

US Patent:

6396399, May 28, 2002

Filed:

Mar 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/799180

Inventors:

Douglas G Dunlap - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G08B 2100

US Classification:

340540, 34082544, 34082546, 34082548, 340539, 455 671, 455425, 455567

Abstract:

An object alerting device discovers nearby alerting devices, compares the nearby alerting devices to a condition, and sets the object alerting device to a quiet mode when the condition is met by the nearby alerting devices. The nearby alerting devices may be discovered by receiving identification information from the nearby alerting devices and analyzing the identification information to discover the nearby alerting devices. Additionally, the object alerting device may first broadcasting a request for identification to the nearby alerting devices. The object alerting discovers the nearby alerting devices within a range, such as the communication range of the object alerting device, a portion of the communication range of the object alerting device, or a fixed distance about the object alerting device. The condition may be a number of nearby alerting devices within a distance from the object alerting device. The object alerting device may set be set to a quiet mode by either reducing the alerting volume, enabling a vibration alert mode, or both reducing the alerting volume and enabling a vibration alert mode.