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Patent No. 6260903

Portable automobile partition

A portable partition for use in an automobile having a seat with a seat bench and a seat backrest.

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Assignee: Canon Information Systems, Inc.


Location: Irvine, CA
No. of patents: 24

NumberTitleIssue Date
7552239Network device mimic support
The mimicking of network devices in a computing device having first and second network interface cards, the first network interface card connecting the computing device to an external network and the second network interface card connecting the computing device to a...
06/23/2009
7454482Print queue manager
Managing a plurality of printing devices on a network, including detecting a printing device connected on the network, requesting information from the detected printing device, receiving the requested information from the printing device, and creating a print queue ...
11/18/2008
7173730Rule-based data reproduction system and method
A data storage and reproduction system is provided using a computer network that comprises a server, at least one attachment unit that is coupled to the server and first and second reproduction devices. The server storing data to be reproduced. At least one attachme...
02/06/2007
7058681Data reproduction system and method
A data storage and reproduction system is provided using a computer network that comprises a server, at least one attachment unit that is coupled to the server and first and second reproduction devices. The server storing data to be reproduced. At least one attachme...
06/06/2006
6920506Discovery and management of network printers
Managing a plurality of network devices on a network, including detecting an address assignment message sent from an address server over the network to a network device, the address assignment message containing an assigned address corresponding to the network devic...
07/19/2005
6078732Method and apparatus for adjusting correlated color temperature
A color printing system includes a central processing unit for generating color image data, a color monitor for displaying color image data generated by the central processing unit and a color temperature sensing device for sensing color temperature of vi...
06/20/2000
6067407Remote diagnosis of network device over a local area network
Dump and debug utilities which provide mechanisms, for a network user from his or her workstation which is connected to a local area network, to remotely examine and control software executing on an interface board connected elsewhere to the network. The ...
05/23/2000
6029182System for generating a custom formatted hypertext document by using a personal profile to retrieve hierarchical documents
A World Wide Web site data retrieval system includes an input device for inputting data and commands to access the World Wide Web, and a memory for storing a Web site data retrieval driver which includes a Web reader, stored Web site address information, ...
02/22/2000
6023727Smart flash
A reprogrammable network communication device which communicates on a network has a reprogrammable read only memory which stores a current program image, a current network information file block containing configuration information for the network communi...
02/08/2000
6021429Network device which maintains a list of device addresses
A method controls a network device on a local area network (LAN) to operate as a list manager which maintains a list of device addresses for the LAN, and to operate as a slave which provides a device address of the network device to a list manager. The me...
02/01/2000
6006279Plug-in module host framework
Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer-readable medium to provide an application programming interface (API) to a client application for communicating between the client application and a plug-in module. The API includes a menu-create rout...
12/21/1999
6005680Method for capturing a document image, a scanner using the method and a document image management system using the scanner
A document image capture method and scanner, and an image processing apparatus incorporating such a scanner, in which a document is scanned two or more times. The first scan preferably provides bi-level image data, which is analyzed to identify blocks of ...
12/21/1999
6003078Automatic service requests over the world wide web
Status information concerning a condition of a network peripheral device connected to a network is automatically communicated to a remote service organization. First, a condition of the network peripheral device is detected. Then, in response to the detec...
12/14/1999
5935262Outputting a network device log file
A network device which interfaces between a local area network (LAN) and an image forming apparatus and which can output a log file. The network device includes a LAN interface for receiving image forming jobs and command signals from the LAN, and a perip...
08/10/1999
5923774Matrix-based gray component replacement for color halftoning
A gray component replacement method for each pixel of a continuous tone image, first obtains intermediate halftone colorant values by applying any suitable halftoning technique to continuous tone colorant values. Halftone output values at each pixel, incl...
07/13/1999
5900932Tristimulus template-type colorimeter
A template-type calorimeter comprising a light-transparent substrate having a diffraction grating on a surface thereof, the diffraction grating being operative to diffract light incident thereon from a spaced-apart aperture into its constituent spectral c...
05/04/1999
5901286Method and apparatus for communicating with a network peripheral
Process steps to provide communication between a web browser capable of initiating execution of a platform-independent segment of executable code and a peripheral having an HTTP server and an SNMP agent. A first packet is transferred to the HTTP server, a...
05/04/1999
5893127Generator for document with HTML tagged table having data elements which preserve layout relationships of information in bitmap image of original document
Automatic generation of hypertext markup language (HTML) files based on bitmap image data, which faithfully preserves layout information of an original document from which the bitmap data was obtained. Generally, multi-column document layouts result in au...
04/06/1999
5841991In an Interactive network board, a method and apparatus for storing a media access control address in a remotely alterable memory
Method and apparatus for storing a Media Access Control (MAC) address in an EPROM disposed on a target interactive network board having a local area network interface comprises the step of activating a LAN communication program. The communication program ...
11/24/1998
5828864Network board which responds to status changes of an installed peripheral by generating a testpage
An interactive network device which interfaces a LAN to a peripheral that includes a front panel through which a user can affect status changes to the peripheral. Included in the interactive network device are a LAN interface which interfaces to the LAN a...
10/27/1998
5828863Interface device connected between a LAN and a printer for outputting formatted debug information about the printer to the printer
A network device which interfaces between a local area network (LAN) and an image forming apparatus and which can output debug information. The network device includes a LAN interface for receiving image forming jobs and command signals from the LAN and a...
10/27/1998
5815722In an interactive network board, a method and apparatus for remotely downloading and executing files in a memory
Method and apparatus for altering an executable file stored in a random access memory on a designated interactive network having a local area network interface comprises activating a LAN communication program. The communication program operates to broadca...
09/29/1998
5781192Data transfer system
A computer implemented method for storing data from an instance of an application program into at least one of a plurality of buffers includes the steps of bringing an application program into focus, selecting data in the application program, selecting a ...
07/14/1998
5727205File installation system for displaying bitmaps during file installation
The present invention is a file installation system for sequentially displaying bitmap images on an end-user's system during file installation by sequentially retrieving computer files from a computer-usable medium and installing or displaying files store...
03/10/1998
 
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