John David Conley

US Patent:

7817601, Oct 19, 2010

Filed:

Nov 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/561358

Inventors:

Jason A. Frankel - Lincoln CA, US
John David Conley - Fair Oaks CA, US
Christopher Lee Mullins - Lincoln CA, US

Assignee:

Coversant Corporation - Roseville CA

International Classification:

H04J 3/16

US Classification:

370331, 370332, 455436, 455438, 455439

Abstract:

By modifying the communication endpoints to be presence aware and connecting them to a presence network, communication connections can be created wherein networks are added, or dropped, from the connection in order to keep the connection seamless from the perspective of the parties to the communication session. In one embodiment, an initiating user initiates a communication session on a first network (for example, a cellular network) to a target user served by a second network. During the communication session, the initiating user moves from his/her car to a landline and the communication session is transferred to a plain old telephone system (POTS) network. In one embodiment, on the target user's communication device an avatar representing the initiating user is updated to reflect that a landline network has been substituted for the cellular network.

US Patent:

55045685, Apr 2, 1996

Filed:

Apr 21, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/426207

Inventors:

Vijay A. Saraswat - Fremont CA
Daniel G. Bobrow - Palo Alto CA
Markus P. J. Fromherz - Palo Alto CA
Timothy G. Lindholm - Palo Alto CA
Pierre C. Berlandier - Nice, FR
John H. Conley - Rochester NY

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

International Classification:

G03G 1500

US Classification:

355308

Abstract:

A system dynamically schedules the creation of images in an on-demand printing apparatus outputting simplex and duplex prints. For each simplex print, a simplex print block is appended to a schedule of images to be created, and for each duplex print, a duplex print block is appended to the schedule. The duplex block includes two portions, one portion for each image in the duplex print, separated by a number of pitches which can be occupied by other images. The duplex and simplex blocks are then organized in a manner which preserves the desired final sequence of prints and minimizes the number of unused image pitches in the printing apparatus. The scheduling technique can also be applied to multi-pass color printing.