Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175467 | Apparatus, method, and system for detecting a state of an apparatus An apparatus, method, system, computer program, and product, each capable of detecting a state of an apparatus. The apparatus includes a plurality of devices. When at least one of the plurality of devices is determined to be in a first state, a second state of at le... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8145073 | System and method for improving failure detection using collective intelligence with end-user feedback Systems and methods are described that facilitate using end-user feedback to automatically distinguish between a normal behavior and a device failure which can be a hard failure (e.g., a device malfunction) or a soft failure. For instance, upon detection of a usage ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139959 | Print managing apparatus, system, and program A management server is connected to an MFP and a client PC through LAN. The management server includes a leaving information acquiring portion that acquires leaving information related to recording paper sheets left unremoved for each print job accepted by the MFP, ... | 03/20/2012 |
| RE43257 | Method and system of remote monitoring of image forming apparatus A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for transmitting and communicating information among machines and computers. The server acquires, after machi... | 03/20/2012 |
| RE43227 | Method and system of remote monitoring of image forming apparatus A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for transmitting and communicating information among machines and computers. The server acquires, after machi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8086115 | Consumable management system and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a predicting unit that predicts a prediction lifetime of a consumable that is detachably mounted in the image forming apparatus, based on consumption information corresponding to an operation of the image forming apparatus; a con... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8059974 | Image forming apparatus and information processing method thereof In an image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a monitoring device for monitoring the operating states of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, the operating amount of a part is detected, information about the operating amount is stored in relation ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7962050 | System and method for controlling ordering of printing supplies based on a service contract A system and method for managing customer orders associated with at least one printer device for consumable supplies under a contract. The method includes receiving printer usage data from at least one printer indicative of consumption of at least one consumable sup... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7941060 | Systems and methods for remote diagnostics of devices A device management system for a plurality of devices, including a data collecting device that acquires device data for one or more of the plurality of devices, and a transmission circuit that transmits the device data to a device management, wherein the device mana... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7907853 | Image forming apparatus executing calibration and service person call An image forming apparatus includes a condition determining device that calculates a deviation amount of image data from a normal condition and determines if the image forming apparatus is in an abnormal condition. An abnormal section specifying device specifies an ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7885551 | Terminal apparatus, a consumables residual quantity display program, and a recording medium A terminal apparatus, a consumables residual quantity display program, and a recording medium are disclosed. The terminal apparatus, which is connected to a printing apparatus through a network, includes an acquisition unit for acquiring information about consumable... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885552 | Driver system of image forming apparatuses and method of controlling the same A driver system of image forming apparatuses whose structure is improved to receive a necessary service without additional confirmation by automatically requesting a management service and to improve the efficiency of use of the image forming apparatuses and a metho... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7865089 | Soft failure detection in a network of devices In a method for monitoring hardware devices of the hardware devices network to detect failures, past logged jobs are analyzed to determine a pattern of past usage of hardware devices by users of the hardware devices network. A failure of a hardware device is inferre... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7796899 | Image forming system and use status display program An image forming system includes: a computer; an image forming apparatus configured to be coupled to the computer; an inquiry unit which inquires, to the image forming apparatus, about a use status thereof; an acquisition unit which acquires the use status from the ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7773888 | Image forming apparatus maintenance via error transmission A maintenance system for image forming apparatuses, which make it possible to acquire appropriate maintenance information even when an exceptional trouble has occurred in an image forming apparatus, to thereby reduce maintenance time and maintenance costs. When an a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7751727 | Expense recovery system for multi-function device with smart data entry An expense recovery system for a digital MFD in the form of a modification to the application program interface of the MFD to allow input of identifiers for the user, the client and the job and to transmit this information and other transaction data to a host comput... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7742707 | Function executing device A function executing device for executing a function by utilizing a consumption article may be provided with a device main body, a sensor, an information output device, and a controller. A consumption article housing case for housing the consumption article may be m... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7729622 | Image forming apparatus for displaying a message when a remaining amount of consumable becomes less To eliminate a possibility to induce a user's confusion on an image forming apparatus displaying a message prompting the user to supply consumables if a remaining amount of the consumables becomes less than a prescribed amount. Communication section receives an orde... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720395 | Management apparatus, management method, and computer-readable medium storing a computer program for acquiring maintenance information from plurality of image forming apparatuses There is provided a monitoring apparatus which is capable of efficiently notifying an external host of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus for image forming apparatuses, and completion of operations carried out for the image forming apparatuses. T... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7697850 | Image-based printer system monitoring A printer monitoring interface is disclosed that uses a combination of dynamic three dimensional representations of a printing system and actual photographic images (still or video) of problem areas to give an operator monitoring the printing system realtime feedbac... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697851 | User initiated alerts in a document processing environment A method and apparatus for processing electronic documents is provided. A request, from a first user, to issue an alert to a second user that may have submitted a print request to the printing device is received at the printing device. The printing device may be att... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7650085 | Automated detection and notification of the need for service and/or supplies replenishment in a machine A system for automatically detecting the need to service a machine. The system includes a processor and at least one of a device component and a supply component. The processor determines a time at which the device component will require repair or replacement and wh... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7613404 | Image forming apparatus transferring log information An image forming apparatus for performing a process relating to forming of an image includes a log management unit to manage generated log information, and a log transfer unit to transfer log information of a type specified in log transfer information among the log ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7590360 | Method and apparatus for selecting image forming apparatus having enough toner An image forming apparatus network system having a first image forming apparatus connected with a plurality of second image forming apparatuses over a network, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes an image creating unit that creates an image with at le... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7574147 | Imaging apparatus and remote management system of the same In a multi-function imaging machine, a termination condition for each application is managed at a remote location, and a termination operation of the application based on the termination condition is controlled at the imaging apparatus. This imaging apparatus implem... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7546044 | Management apparatus, management method, and computer-readable medium storing a computer program for acquiring maintenance information from plurality of image forming apparatuses There is provided a monitoring apparatus which is capable of efficiently notifying an external host of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus for image forming apparatuses, and completion of operations carried out for the image forming apparatuses. T... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7536115 | Securely adjusting setting of an image forming device A system, method, and article for sending secured data to an image forming device at a remote location. The secured data is unique to the image forming device or a specific class of image forming devices. The secured data is compared to data stored at the image form... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7526212 | Expense recovery system for multi-function device with smart data entry An expense recovery system for a digital MFD in the form of a modification to the application program interface of the MFD to allow input of identifiers for the user, the client and the job and to transmit this information and other transaction data to an host compu... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526213 | Expense recovery system for multi-function device with smart data entry An expense recovery system for a digital MFD in the form of a modification to the application program interface of the MFD to allow input of identifiers for the user, the client and the job and to transmit this information and other transaction data to a host comput... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519302 | Image processing system and image processing device capable of transferring data of job between image processing device as well as control program for the same An image processing system includes a first image processing apparatus executing a job of processing an image, and a second image processing apparatus connectable to the first image processing apparatus over a network. The second image processing apparatus includes ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7502570 | Image forming apparatus capable of detecting and/or locating a fault, image forming system, and method of controlling the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a memory for storing first sound information associated with a normal operating sound produced when the image forming apparatus normally operates, and a sensor for detecting an operating sound produced from the image forming appar... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7493054 | Image formation device simulation apparatus An image formation device simulation apparatus performs a simulation of processing performed by an image formation device. The simulation apparatus includes: an image formation command acquisition unit that acquires an image formation command including information o... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489881 | Failure prevention diagnosis support system, failure prevention diagnosis support method, and program product of failure prevention diagnosis support A failure prevention diagnosis support system includes: an acquiring portion that acquires internal information about an internal state of an image forming apparatus; a storage portion that stores one or a plurality of logistic regression models that define an estim... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7463833 | Monitoring apparatus, processing method, program for implementing the processing method, and management apparatus, management method, and program for implementing the management method There is provided a monitoring apparatus which is capable of efficiently notifying an external host of completion of installation of the monitoring apparatus for image forming apparatuses, and completion of operations carried out for the image forming apparatuses. T... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460794 | Image forming apparatus and method An image forming apparatus and method where a first terminal group comprises one or more host terminals, a second terminal group is connected to the first terminal group via a network and comprises one or more host terminals, and an image forming apparatus is connec... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7450865 | Diagnostic device, diagnostic system, diagnostic method, program and storage medium In a diagnostic method for use in a diagnostic system capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus, information is obtained about print volume of an image forming apparatus for a certain period, the information being entered in the information p... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450864 | Method and apparatus for obtaining refilled toner data An apparatus and method for obtaining data regarding toner refilled in an image forming apparatus, to achieve the highest printing quality using the refilled toner. The method includes checking whether the image forming apparatus has been refilled with toner; checki... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447447 | Image forming apparatus with a display screen information transmission function An image forming apparatus is provided which includes an image forming section for forming an image based on image data, a user-interface for accepting inputs from an operator and for displaying a display screen to the operator, a memory for storing the display scre... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444086 | Image forming apparatus including a print-request information inputting unit and image reading unit, and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes a print-request information inputting unit, an image reading unit, a plurality of image forming units, a plurality of sheet feeding units, a memory unit and a control unit wherein the control unit reading out, when print-request i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436542 | Management system of image forming device An management system of an image forming device, which is structured by the image forming device and a management device for managing the image forming device through a communication network; the management device comprising a communication unit for sending a data o... | 10/14/2008 |
