Xerox Corporation

Symbiont.io, Inc.

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Lm Funding America, Inc

Mark A Smith

Anush Vijayaraghavan

John Evans

Warren Pennington

Ron Papanek

David C Robinson

Peter A Crean

David E Rumph

Kitty Sathi

Yiqun Yin

Jack T Latone

Evan Wagner

Michael E Farrell

Katherine Loj

George L Eldridge

Ronald A Ippolito

Thomas Robson

Farzin Blurfrushan

Colleen R Enzien

San A Phong

William Samuel Jacobs

Daniel Fleysher

Michael A Wiegand

Christopher Comparetta

David Plakosh

Michael C Lacagnina

Munir G Salfity

Norman E Wright

Katherine E Hayes

Frederic J Stann

Juan A Romano

Steven E Chen

Gregory Scott Widener

Daniel C Chen

Jay Glaspy

Robert E Lyons

Eric J Thibodeau

Hilda Gharabegian

Allan C Brown

The various embodiments described herein relate to systems, methods, and devices associated with distributed ledger systems (e.g., distributed ledger technology implemented on a decentralized network) that can be used to handle and manage the distribution and access of data in a manner that preserves the benefits of distributed ledger technology while enabling the private sharing of data. More specifically, the distributed ledger systems contemplated herein involve distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based data management platforms that can be implemented on nodes of a data management network.

Systems, devices, and methods for DLT-based data management platforms and data products

In some embodiments, systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein are directed to implementations of one or more smart contracts deployed on a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform. In some embodiments, implementation of one or more specific smart contracts and/or private data sharing technologies on a DLT platform can provide frameworks and/or solutions to generate a smart UCC platform that facilitates submission and tracking of Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings on a distributed ledger or blockchain platform. In some embodiments, implementation of one or more specific smart contracts and/or private data sharing technologies on a DLT platform can provide frameworks and/or solutions to generate a smart company platform for controlling, managing, and/or communicating company documents and/or communications on a distributed ledger or blockchain platform.

Systems, methods, and devices for implementing a smart contract on a distributed ledger technology platform

A color shift security feature is provided. In at least one form, a clear colorant is used to add content to a document to provide a visual indication if the document is printed on a printer with self-limiting behavior. In this manner, in at least one form, it can be determined if a document is authentic, secure and/or authorized.

System and method for implementing a color shift security feature in a print job

An apparatus and method for controlling an in-focus window in a graphical user interface (GUI) are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a processor and a computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, perform operations including displaying a plurality of windows that is overlaid on top of one another in the GUI, receiving a control operation intended for the in-focus window while a cursor of the GUI is over an area of an out-of-focus window that is adjacent to the in-focus window, analyzing one or more parameters to determine an intent of the control operation and applying the control operation to the in-focus window.

Intent-based graphical user interface window control

A processor of a printing device automatically raster image processes print data in a print job to produce a first, relatively low resolution, bitmap for printing the print job with the printer's main colors and one or more optional colors. The processor automatically compares the extended gamut of the lower-resolution first bitmap and the main color gamut of the printing engine to identify image quality improvement pixels of the extended gamut that are outside the main color gamut. The processor automatically either raster image processes the print data with the main colors and one of the optional colors, or raster image processes the print data with only the main colors, based on whether the number of image quality improvement pixels of the extended gamut that are outside the main color gamut exceeds a pixel quantity threshold, to produce a second, relatively higher resolution, bitmap.

Controlling use of optional colors in extended gamut printing based on pixels in gamut extension

If elements (curves) of a tone reproduction curve increase application of marking material, the magnitudes of the elements of the tone reproduction curve are summed. If the summed magnitudes of the elements of the tone reproduction curve exceed marking material limits, a warning message is output.

User tone reproduction curve ink limit warning

According to exemplary methods herein, a print job comprising an electronic document and job attributes including an imposition template is received into a marking device having a print engine using a standard color gamut and another colorant. A sheet of the job is analyzed for the standard color gamut and for the other colorant. The layout of images for multiple pages of the electronic document on the sheet is determined and the number of passes of the sheet through the print engine is determined based on image requirements for each page on the sheet. User selectable instructions modify the printing instructions for selected pages on the sheet. The user selectable instructions include parameters associated with the number of passes of the sheet through the print engine and the use of the standard color gamut and the other colorant in the images for printing each of the pages on a substrate.

System and method for producing clear colorant on imposed multi-pass pages

A method and a system for resolution conversion of textual content or Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) content in an image are provided. The method includes receiving image data of the image, the image data having a plurality of image planes having essentially the same resolution, wherein at least one of the plurality of image planes includes textual image data configured to be rendered by a print engine with an output resolution different from the remaining image planes; processing the at least one of the plurality of image planes to identify one or more characters contained therein and to obtain character encoding data and positional information for the one or more identified characters; and processing the obtained character encoding data and the obtained positional information to generate an output data at the output resolution for the at least one of the plurality of image planes.

Method and system for resolution conversion of textual content or magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) content

A method and a system for resolution conversion of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) content in an image are provided. The method is implemented in a computer system comprising one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules. The method includes receiving image data of the image, the image data having a plurality of image planes in which one plane is a MICR image plane, wherein the plurality of image planes have essentially the same resolution; and converting the resolution of the MICR image plane to a resolution of a MICR print engine different from the remaining image planes.

Method and system for resolution conversion of magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) content

This disclosure provides a method and system of generating a plurality of custom spot color look-up tables, each custom spot color look-up table associated with one of a plurality of modes associated with an image marking device. In addition, provided is a job workflow method and system which accesses the plurality of custom spot color look-up tables to print a custom spot color.

Method and system of editing multiple spot color tables associated with a printing system

Systems and methods for extended gamut printing. A print job is received into a print engine having a processor and a limited number of receptacles for colorant extension attachments that can be used in addition to a standard color gamut. The processor analyzes a page of the print job for the color gamut and for the color gamut with each possible gamut extension colorant. The processor calculates gamut distances for the color of each pixel outside of the color gamut for every gamut colorant extension. The gamut distances are the distances from the color of the pixel to a boundary of the color gamut. The processor calculates a sum of the gamut distances. For each pixel on the page outside of the color gamut, the processor selects an extension colorant attachment to attach to the limited physical receptacles based on having the greatest sum of the gamut distances.

Spot color preflight for extended gamut printing

A method of operating a printer includes identifying coordinates in a device independent color space for a spot color, identifying color components in a device dependent full color profile in a printer model for an association between the spot color in the device independent color space and a device dependent color space, and emitting a pattern of colorants with reference to the color components to reproduce the spot color in a printed image. The colorant pattern has a colorant density exceeding a predetermined colorant limit threshold associated with printed colors other than spot colors.

System and method for printing colors outside of a limited gamut

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Mark A Smith