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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2001
Theresa A. Burkes, Meridian, ID (US);
George Bernhard Clifton, Boise, ID (US);
Steven Robert Folkner, Boise, ID (US);
Angela Kay Hanson, Eagle, ID (US);
Kenneth Joseph O'hara, Boise, ID (US);
Theresa A. Burkes, Meridian, ID (US);
George Bernhard Clifton, Boise, ID (US);
Steven Robert Folkner, Boise, ID (US);
Angela Kay Hanson, Eagle, ID (US);
Kenneth Joseph O'Hara, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining an appropriate recalibration duty cycle. The method instructs a network connected computer peripheral to access one or more servers to retrieve a timestamp. Retrieved timestamps are used to calculate the elapsed time since the last trigger-event (e.g., last calibration, printing activity, time of power-off, or the like). If the calculated elapsed time is less than a predetermined or dynamically determined threshold, the method instructs the peripheral to omit otherwise implemented calibration activities, e.g., a power surge reboot.