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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2007
Applicants:

Aaron Lahman, Redmond, WA (US);

Bao Nguyen, Redmond, WA (US);

Feng Yuan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Mariyan D. Fransazov, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Lahman, Redmond, WA (US);

Bao Nguyen, Redmond, WA (US);

Feng Yuan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Mariyan D. Fransazov, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various embodiments can provide a tool aimed at identifying document conditions that can lead to processing bottlenecks when an associated document is consumed, such as by being rendered or printed, by a particular device. In at least some embodiments, the tool can identify or diagnose such conditions and report those conditions to an appropriate entity, such as a device that produced the associated document and/or an individual who caused the document to be produced. The reporting functionality may include, in at least some embodiments, remedial recommendations aimed at mitigating the diagnosed conditions.


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