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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:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
James Patrick Vanwinckle, West Linn, OR (US);
Charles Robert Carlson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Peter Charles Rapley, Portland, OR (US);
Shanti Villarreal, Willsonville, OR (US);
Christopher Dale Iburg, Government Camp, OR (US);
Sara Kleiman, Portland, OR (US);
James Patrick VanWinckle, West Linn, OR (US);
Charles Robert Carlson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Peter Charles Rapley, Portland, OR (US);
Shanti Villarreal, Willsonville, OR (US);
Christopher Dale Iburg, Government Camp, OR (US);
Sara Kleiman, Portland, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are presented for managing prepaid usage of document processing devices, in which an account manager system () automatically purchases prepaid account credits for customer accounts and applies print units to document processing devices registered to customer accounts periodically and according to preset top off thresholds () subject to predefined limits (), and in which customer computer agents () allow just in time printing using devices with job-based application of print units to selected devices.