David E Lanning

6556309, Apr 29, 2003

Aug 28, 1998

09/141790

Russell Campbell - Boise ID
Timothy P. Blair - Boise ID
David L. Lanning - Eagle ID

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

G06F 1500

358 116, 358 117, 358 114

An imaging device and method provide memory management tasks on data of a page being composed in response to feedback generated by memory management tasks that are performed on pages in the page pipe that are waiting to be imaged. The feedback is throttled relative to memory management tasks that occur in the pipe. Advantageously, the memory management tasks are performed on the page being composed without waiting for an already composed page to finish imaging. Accordingly, page throughput of a multi-page print job is improved. The memory management tasks include compressing, relocating, and/or compressing and relocating data. Page data on which the memory management tasks are performed include raster patches, fonts, patterns, video bands, monster bands and vector bands. Atomic operations and/or a critical section locking mechanism provide collision avoidance as between the memory management tasks performed on data in the pipe and a video imaging task.

20020143564, Oct 3, 2002

Apr 3, 2001

09/825592

Brett Webb - Meridian ID, US
David Lanning - Eagle ID, US

G06F017/60

705/001000, 705/029000

A method of home maintenance comprises tracking a household inventory of items and related maintenance tasks for a user in a calendaring system and inventory system. The method includes notifying the user with a reminder from a home maintenance web site with the reminder including a notice to perform a maintenance task on an item of the household inventory and including a network link to the home maintenance web site. A computer-based home maintenance system comprises a user interface, a home maintenance website, a maintenance notification, and a network communication link permitting communication between the user interface and the home maintenance web site. The notification is viewable on the user interface that is generated by the home maintenance web site and includes a reminder to perform a maintenance job.

20040085564, May 6, 2004

Oct 29, 2003

10/697750

Brian Peavey - Kuna ID, US
Gregory Perkins - Meridian ID, US
Rose Wiegley - Eagle ID, US
David Lanning - Eagle ID, US

G06F015/00
H04N001/46

358/001130, 358/001150, 358/537000, 358/524000

Image forming systems and image forming methods are provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, an image forming system comprises: a host computer including: a memory device configured to store original data; and an interface configured to receive edits of the original data providing edit data; and an image forming device including: an input coupled with the host computer and configured to receive the original data and the edit data; a processor configured to process the original data prior to the image forming device receiving the edit data, and to process the edit data after the processing the original data; and an image engine configured to form an image corresponding to the processed original data and the processed edit data.

62860887, Sep 4, 2001

Jun 28, 1999

9/340601

Russell Campbell - Boise ID
David L. Lanning - Eagle ID
Timothy P. Blair - Boise ID

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

G06F 1200
G06F 1300

711165

A memory management system usable with a client is provided. The memory defines a memory space including at least one memory buffer, and the memory buffer is defined by a set of attributes including base address and size. The memory includes a fixed-simple memory allocation, having a link, and one of a relocatable simple memory allocation coupled with the link, a head of a complex memory allocation comprising multiple simple memory allocations, or a null simple memory allocation. A memory manager is coupled with the memory and is configured to manage specific instances of memory allocation usable by a client. A memory management interface is coupled with the memory manager and is configurable to enable a client to specify a request for a relocatable memory object. Processing circuitry is coupled with the memory and the memory management interface and is operative to detect a low memory condition. The memory manager is operative to relocate the memory object from one physical location in memory to another physical location in memory to generate a sufficiently large contiguous free memory block for the client so as to overcome the low memory condition.