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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Applicants:
Quintin T. Phillips, Boise, ID (US);
Joseph L. Burquist, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Quintin T. Phillips, Boise, ID (US);
Joseph L. Burquist, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printer system uses a statistical routine to determine when to automatically place an order for additional print media or warn a user about placing such an order. The system collects print media usage data and correlates it with user-defined parameters to determine when and how much print media should be ordered. The automatic tracking and ordering of print media supplies provides just-in-time management of print media inventories that reduces overall printing costs.