Michael M Byrd

US Patent:

7062402, Jun 13, 2006

Filed:

May 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/848001

Inventors:

Joseph D. Ternasky - Mountain View CA, US
Robert L. C. Parker - San Jose CA, US
Michael M. Byrd - Bellevue WA, US
Adam Eversole - Redmond WA, US
Joseph King - Seattle WA, US
Michael Stokes - Eagle ID, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

702123, 347 19, 358406

Abstract:

A system and related techniques automatically exercise the output capabilities of a printer or other output device, and return a log or record of those capabilities to the print manager of a host operating system or other destination. According to embodiments, the host, client or other machine may decide to query a printer, facsimile machine, copy or multifunction machine or other device to determine its range of output capabilities such as available fonts, graphical or rending routines, firmware compatibility or other functions or capabilities. The host may transmit a composite electronic document, containing various components including intermediate language objects which may be interpreted to execute various output processing, such as exercising a set of fonts, scaling, rotating, or other rendering or output functions. The results may be captured in the printer or other output device, for instance by dumping an output buffer or returning execution codes, and returned to the host machine where the available capabilities may be displayed, including in embodiments a rendering of the physical output or simulated physical output on the user interface. The invention offers enhanced profiling and verification for printers and other output systems, compared to manual test pages and other test procedures.

US Patent:

7096143, Aug 22, 2006

Filed:

Nov 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/281680

Inventors:

Joseph D. Ternasky - Mountain View CA, US
Robert L. C. Parker - San Jose CA, US
Michael M. Byrd - Bellevue WA, US
Adam Eversole - Redmond WA, US
Joseph King - Seattle WA, US
Michael Stokes - Eagle ID, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

702123, 347 19, 358406

Abstract:

A system and related techniques automatically exercise the output capabilities of a printer or other output device, and return a log or record of those capabilities to the print manager of a host operating system or other destination. According to embodiments, the host, client or other machine may decide to query a printer, facsimile machine, copy or multifunction machine or other device to determine its range of output capabilities such as available fonts, graphical or rending routines, firmware compatibility or other functions or capabilities. The host may transmit a composite electronic document, containing various components including intermediate language objects which may be interpreted to execute various output processing, such as exercising a set of fonts, scaling, rotating, or other rendering or output functions. The results may be captured in the printer or other output device, for instance by dumping an output buffer or returning execution codes, and returned to the host machine where the available capabilities may be displayed, including in embodiments a rendering of the physical output or simulated physical output on the user interface. The invention offers enhanced profiling and verification for printers and other output systems, compared to manual test pages and other test procedures.

US Patent:

7392533, Jun 24, 2008

Filed:

May 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/848071

Inventors:

Joseph D. Ternasky - Mountain View CA, US
Robert L. C. Parker - San Jose CA, US
Michael M. Byrd - Bellevue WA, US
Adam Eversole - Redmond WA, US
Joseph King - Seattle WA, US
Michael Stokes - Eagle ID, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/04
G06F 17/30
G06K 9/00
H04L 9/32

US Classification:

726 2, 371111

Abstract:

A system and related techniques detect and manage the set of rights associated with a componentized electronic document, including to separately protect and manage individual text, graphic, audio, video or other parts of a multimedia presentation. Unlike prior digital asset management platforms which could enforce encryption or other protection simply around the entire object, the invention permits individualized control over separate media components, to permit distribution for example of some parts, such as text passages, while preventing unauthorized access or copying of audio, photographic, video or other files or content. The electronic document may maintain a list of media components and the set of rights associated with each such component, and a content server or other source may apply key encryption or other safeguards to guide the delivery of the overall media object or its parts, for instance to view in a browser, print on a printer or otherwise access, manipulate or output the content.

US Patent:

7777902, Aug 17, 2010

Filed:

May 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/848002

Inventors:

Joseph D. Ternasky - Mountain View CA, US
Robert L. C. Parker - San Jose CA, US
Michael M. Byrd - Bellevue WA, US
Adam Eversole - Redmond WA, US
Joseph King - Seattle WA, US
Michael Stokes - Eagle ID, US
Oliver H. Foehr - Mercer Island WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

358 115, 358 12, 358 113, 358 19, 400 76

Abstract:

A system and related techniques generate printing and other output operations via a resolution-independent visual tree object. According to embodiments the operating system or other resource may receive the visual tree object and related data from applications or other sources, and perform logic to scale or process the visual output for resolution, effects or other purposes directly from that object. The operating system or other resource itself may be configured to receive the componentized visual tree object and condition or render that object for output to a printer, facsimile machine, copy machine or other output device. The operating system may serialize or spool that object from the source object in native form, relieving applications of the need to prepare documents or other output objects to generate specified resolutions, effects or to adapt the output to specific output drivers.

US Patent:

7880918, Feb 1, 2011

Filed:

May 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/848043

Inventors:

Joseph D. Ternasky - Mountain View CA, US
Robert L. C. Parker - San Jose CA, US
Michael M. Byrd - Bellevue WA, US
Adam Eversole - Redmond WA, US
Joseph King - Seattle WA, US
Michael Stokes - Eagle ID, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

358 118, 358 12, 345619, 345660

Abstract:

A system and related techniques generate a unified representation of graphical representations, such as documents, graphic images or others, for displaying on a display screen, printing on a printer, faxing via a facsimile machine or outputting in other ways. In embodiments a media integration layer, which may reside in the operating system level, may generate renderings from graphics primitives, and send that rendering via a mediation engine to a device driver, for instance a print engine located in a printer. The device engine may return a preview of the output representation to the media integration layer for adjustments or to accept and print the output, all without a necessity for or reliance upon a device-specific driver in the operating system. Since both the display screen and the output device operate off of the same base representation, neither the display nor output device needs to attempt to emulate the output characteristics of the other, and screen-to-print uniformity may be enhanced.

US Patent:

20050262497, Nov 24, 2005

Filed:

May 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/848072

Inventors:

Joseph Ternasky - Mountain View CA, US
Robert Parker - San Jose CA, US
Michael Byrd - Bellevue WA, US
Adam Eversole - Redmond WA, US
Joseph King - Seattle WA, US
Michael Stokes - Eagle ID, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F009/44

US Classification:

717172000

Abstract:

A system and related techniques generate an update to control programming, such as firmware, to embed in an electronic document and transmit to a printer, facsimile or other output device. Compatible printers or other output devices according to embodiments of the invention may contain an intermediate language interpreter which receives, interprets and executes the embedded update in the electronic document. That update may include for example an update to the printer's firmware, downloaded forms, fonts or other updates or enhancements which may for instance stored into EPROM or other memory in the output device. Because the resource update is encapsulated in an intermediate language object which may be universally interpreted by compatible printers, facsimile machines and other devices, updates may be delivered with a need to generate specialized code or follow specialized procedures for specific manufacturer's products.