Alistair M Egan

6431772, Aug 13, 2002

Apr 26, 2000

09/558667

William Melo - Simi Valley CA
Ladon Harrison - Moorpark CA
Maxim Sorkin - Canoga Park CA
Tiberiu Dumitrescu - Simi Valley CA
Alistair Egan - Oxnard CA

Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions, Inc. - Simi Valley CA

B41J 342

400 70, 61 62, 61 76, 709217, 709218, 358 115

A broadcast printing system includes a first data communication network including a client device and one or more local imaging devices. A remote imaging device is coupled to the first data communication network through a second data communication network. In response to a single print request generated by an application process hosted on the client device, a print job is transmitted to the local imaging device according to a local print protocol and a print job is transmitted to the remote imaging device according to a protocol suitable for transmitting print jobs in a public data communication network such as the Internet Printing Protocol.

20010037270, Nov 1, 2001

Feb 15, 2001

09/784648

William Melo - Simi Valley CA, US
Ladon Harrison - Moorpark CA, US
Gregory Strockbine - Canoga Park CA, US
Frederick Class - Moorpark CA, US
LLoyd Manglapus - Chatsworth CA, US
James Keeler - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Alistair Egan - Oxnard CA, US

G06F017/60

705/034000

The disclosed system and method provides an invoice to a customer for the use of a device by the customer. Information representative of an amount of usage of the device by the customer is recorded and maintained. A process associated with a billing party is coupled to the device through a data communication network. An invoice is provided to a billing destination at a premises of the customer on a human-readable medium having an invoice amount based upon the amount of usage of the device by the customer and pre-established billing contract rules.

20040024549, Feb 5, 2004

Feb 22, 2002

10/080694

Alistair Egan - Oxnard CA, US
Yuen Wong - Agoura CA, US
Elizabeth Fitzgerald - Woodland Hills CA, US

HITACHI KOKI IMAGING SOLUTIONS, INC.

G06F019/00
G01R025/00
G01R029/02

702/079000

A method of storing and outputting a count for an imaging device. The method includes storing the count in a memory storage device. A continuous active signal is detected from an input, the input including continuous active signals and continuous steady-state signals. Also, a count request is receivable from a remote device. The count in the memory storage device is incremented when the continuous active signal from the input is detected. Finally, the count is outputting to the remote device.

56712693, Sep 23, 1997

Sep 27, 1996

8/720071

Alistair Egan - Oxnard CA
Thomas S. Tullis - Easton MA

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo

H04M 164
H04M 127
H04M 157

379 88

A telephone communication apparatus includes computing equipment programmed to send and receive telephone calls over a telephone line and a communication board connected to the computing equipment and responsive to program control therefrom. The computing equipment is responsive to detection of an incoming telephone call from a remote terminal to connect the telephone line to the computing equipment. The computing equipment also includes a data storage and a processor for receiving the incoming call and recording the telephone number of the remote terminal in the data storage without intervention by the user at the apparatus, and further includes reply apparatus for sending a reply telephone call to the remote terminal in accordance with the recorded telephone number. The processor can detect the telephone number in the incoming telephone call in a variety of ways, including detecting the telephone number as part of an incoming voice message or as part of incoming control information. The apparatus also includes structure for recording a reply message to be sent to the remote terminal.

55154239, May 7, 1996

Dec 3, 1993

8/160824

Gregory F. Beck - Laguna Hills CA
Douglas L. Palmer - Foothill Ranch CA
James A. Fontana - Mission Viejo CA
Alistair Egan - Lake Forest CA
Richard D. Ray - Laguna Niguel CA
Lisa Walker - Capistrano Beach CA

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo

H04M 1100

379 93

A computer-controlled communication board which includes a data access arrangement which functions as an intermediary between multiple telephone lines, a data communication device such as a fax/modem/voice chipset, and a standard telephone handset. The data access arrangement has a line select switch which switchably connects one of the multiple telephone lines to the data communication device via a single transformer and associated 2/4 converter. Off-hook switches are provided for each telephone line so that the data communication device can cause the selected telephone line to go off-hook. Likewise, ring detectors are provided for each telephone line so that the data communication device can detect which of those lines is ringing. Telephone handset switches may be provided for each telephone line so that the telephone handset may be switchably connected to any one of the multiple telephone lines. The data access arrangement may be configured so that unused lines appear "busy" to incoming calls, or it may be configured in a voice local mode in which the telephone handset may be used for play out and recording of audio information.

62191519, Apr 17, 2001

Aug 24, 1998

9/138962

Levi Lloyd Garcia Manglapus - Sunland CA
Igor Uchenik - Tarzana CA
Maxim Ariel Sorkin - Canoga Park CA
Mark Patrick Murphy - Canoga Park CA
Susan Zia - Valencia CA
Alistair Michael Egan - Oxnard CA

Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions, Inc. - Simi Valley CA

G06F 1500

358 115

A printing network including at least one user workstation and a printer is described. The user workstation transmits print jobs with image controller commands having data which is representative of a network address of the user workstation. An image controller at the printer receiving the print job executes the image controller commands in the print jobs to extract the network address of the user workstation. Processes in the printer store the extracted network address of the user workstation in association with data representative of the print job. The printer transmits messages to the user workstation concerning the status of the print job using the network address extracted from the print job.

56300603, May 13, 1997

May 1, 1995

8/432534

Hien Tang - Orange CA
Randy A. Cwikowski - Dana Point CA
Alistair Egan - Lake Forest CA

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo

G06F 1300
H04M 350

39520001

Method and apparatus for delivering multi-media messages which may include text components, image components, sound components or binary components to multiple recipients over different transmission media. A list of recipients of the multi-media message is inspected to determine all of the different transmission media that will be needed to transmit to all the recipients. The list of recipients may be obtained from an address portion of the multi-media message, and may, for example, consist of the direct recipients of a message, the carbon copy ("cc:") recipients of the message, and the blind carbon copy ("bcc:") recipients of the message. It is possible for each recipient to receive various components of the multi-media message by different media. Then, for each component of the message that is incompatible with all needed transmission media, the component is converted into equivalent components whose types are compatible with all the different transmission media. Thus, for example, if a multi-media message includes a text component, then an equivalent image component is created for the facsimile medium by conversion of the text file to an image file, and equivalent audio component is created for the voice telephone medium by conversion of the text file into an audio file via text-to-speech technology.

55487459, Aug 20, 1996

Jan 19, 1993

8/005450

Alistair Egan - Lake Forest CA
Thomas S. Tullis - Laguna CA

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Tokyo

G06F 900

395500

A method and apparatus for defining a context environment of an editor applet which is processing data to be stored in a container applet. In the invention, a first applet is executed and the context environment indicative of the first applet is stored. A second applet is executed and examines the stored context environment indicative of the first applet. In accordance with the result of the examination, the second applet modifies its operation.