Patents by Inventor Andreas Neumann

Andreas Neumann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-part record searches
    Patent number: 8612431
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for enhancing search results generated by a search engine. A graphical user interface may display search results, which may include at least one multi-part record comprising a plurality of independent documents. Upon receiving a selection of the multi-part record from the search results a detailed view of the record may be displayed. The detailed view of the record may include a listing of the multiple documents that form the record along with an indication of whether keywords from the search criteria are present in the documents. By providing an indication of exactly which documents of a multi-part record include keywords associated with a search, embodiments of the invention allow users to easily identify desired materials from a list of search results comprising the multipart record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Busch, Andreas Neumann
  • System and Method for Displaying Social Network Interactivity with a Media Event
    Publication number: 20130326373
    Abstract: A system for presenting a media event on a computer display device is disclosed, where the audience for the media event are represented by avatars that are displayed on the user's computer as geometric shapes or bubbles that float about the region surrounding the window presenting the event. System logic determines which of the audience bubbles are visible in the space and further causes avatars for advertising to appear. In one embodiment the viewing user can select which other users are visible on their screen based on user selectable filtering inputs. A moderating panel function permits a performing artist to control what content, advertising and merchandising is displayed as part of the event and the surrounding user environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Zach Lisabeth, Ben McAllister, Max Klein, Andreas Neumann, Ted Sabety
  • SAMPLE COLLECTION UNIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL AIR ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20130298641
    Abstract: A sample collection unit for microbiological air analysis includes a housing and a sample treatment path. The housing has a sample inlet opening, an optical window, and an air outlet opening. The sample treatment path has a conjugation pad, and a test strip with a test area and an absorber section. The sample collection unit also has a device configured to receive a container for a solvent, and a device configured to release the solvent. The sample collection unit is preferably configured as a disposable component in the form of a cartridge. Integration of the container for the solvent in the sample collection unit permits simplification and automation of the corresponding sampling method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Petra Neff, Mike Uhlig, Andreas Neumann
  • Curtain support assembly with integrated storage facility in a cabin of a vehicle
    Patent number: 8550143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a curtain support assembly to receive a curtain rail for a curtain for separating at least two regions in a cabin of a vehicle, comprising two or more header components for covering a space formed between the curtain rail and a ceiling in the cabin. The assembly according to the invention distinguishes itself from the state of the art in that between the header elements, for the purpose of holding objects, a hollow space is formed that is accessible by way of one or several closable openings to the cabin. In a further improvement, a roller is integrated in the hollow space, by way of which roller the curtain may be rolled up or down and may easily be stowed away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Breuer, Andreas Neumann, Michael Mosler
  • Determination of a Most Suitable Address for a Master Data Object Instance
    Publication number: 20130166499
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for determining a most suitable address for a master data object instance for a given usage in a business transaction document, master data object, or business process. A computer-implemented method includes determining, using at least one computer, an address determination sequence, applying the address determination sequence to available address instances of a master data object instance, identifying a most suitable address from among the available instances, and retrieving an address value from the identified most suitable address instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Gerd M. Ritter, Andreas Bettin, Andreas Neumann, Toralf Grossmann, Timo Wolf
  • EFFICIENT HANDLING OF ADDRESS DATA IN BUSINESS TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20130166500
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for efficiently handling address data in business transaction documents.. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a modification to address data associated with an existing address instance, receiving, using at least one computer, an indication of a modification type, creating a new snapshot instance, associating the modified address data with the new snapshot instance, retrieving a unique reference value for the new address snapshot instance, and associating the unique reference value identifying the new address snapshot instance with the address instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Andreas Bettin, Andreas Neumann, Toralf Grossmann, Timo Wolf, Gerd M. Ritter
  • Foundation layer for services based enterprise software architecture
    Patent number: 8438119
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having foundation layer functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Joachim Puteick, Martin Rogge, Hendrik Geipel, Andrea Pluemper, Andreas Huppert, Kai-Uwe Pielka, Ashwin Reddy Yeddula, Matthias Schmitt, Toralf Grossmann, Andreas Neumann, Bare Said, Stefan Miller, Michael Neumann, Florian Rehfeld, Ingo Bruss, Horst Schaude, Michael Bauer, Andreas Morsch, Silke Storch, Klaus Bahr, Bernd Schmitt, Michael Meyringer, Dirk Henrich
  • Biventricular heart stimulator
    Patent number: 8355781
    Abstract: An implantable heart stimulator (10), which has a right-atrial sensing unit (62), which is connected or is to be connected to a right-atrial electrode for recording electrical potentials of the myocardium of a right atrium, and is implemented to process electrical signals recorded via the right-atrial electrode, and to detect signal features characterizing a right-atrial stimulation and contraction in the electrical signal recorded via the right-atrial electrode. The heart stimulator (10) additionally has a left-ventricular sensing unit (66), which is connected or is to be connected to a left-ventricular electrode for recording electrical potentials of the myocardium of a left ventricle of a heart and is implemented to process electrical signals recorded via the left-ventricular electrode. The left-ventricular sensing unit (66) is implemented to detect signal features in the electrical signal recorded via the left-ventricular electrode which characterize a left-atrial contraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Biotronik CRM Patent AG
    Inventors: Bruno Ismer, Thomas Koerber, Wolfgang Voss, Georg Heinrich von Knorre, Bjoern Riedel, Andreas Neumann, Ulrich Busch, Juergen Pilz, Thomas Brueggemann, Ralf Peters
  • Method, system, and program for handling redirects in a search engine
    Patent number: 8296304
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system, and program for handling redirects in documents. At least one equivalence class that includes documents that are connected through a redirect. Cycles for each equivalence class are detected, wherein documents in a cycle are marked so that they are not indexed. Incomplete chains for each equivalence class are detected, wherein documents in an incomplete chain are marked so that they are not indexed. A representative for each equivalence class is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus F. Fontoura, Andreas Neumann, Runping Qi, Eugene J. Shekita
  • System and program for handling anchor text
    Patent number: 8285724
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and program for processing anchor text for information retrieval. A set of anchors that point to a target document is formed. Anchors with same anchor text are grouped together. Information is computed for each group. Context information is generated for the target document based on the computed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reiner Kraft, Andreas Neumann
  • CEILING PANEL HAVING CURTAIN RAIL IN A TRANSPORT CABIN
    Publication number: 20120234976
    Abstract: A ceiling panel is configured for attaching a curtain in a cabin of a transportation device with an attachment unit, a mounting unit, and a curtain attachment unit. The ceiling panel is configured to integrate the attachment unit, the attachment unit is configured to attach the mounting unit to the ceiling panel, the mounting unit is configured to attach the curtain attachment unit, and the curtain attachment unit is configured to support the curtain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas NEUMANN, Anja ZUBEL-KESOGLOU, Adam WALKER
  • Method and device for processing cardiac signals
    Patent number: 8260420
    Abstract: An electromedical implant having a far-field electrocardiogram detection unit connected or connectable to at least two implantable electrodes, at least one electrode of which is to be placed in the right atrium or right ventricle and is designed to record a far-field electrocardiogram via the terminal for the electrode to be placed in the right atrium or the right ventricle and one other electrode. The far-field electrocardiogram detection unit is connected to a far-field electrocardiogram evaluation unit, which is configured to detect signal features of the far-field electrocardiogram associated with an excitation or contraction of the left atrium and/or the left ventricle of the heart in a far-field electrocardiogram recorded by the far-field electrocardiogram detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Biotronik CRM Patent AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Busch, Andreas Neumann, Ulrich Tietze
  • Elongated implant having an external energy coupling
    Patent number: 8170672
    Abstract: Electrotherapeutic implant for stimulation of body tissue, comprising at least two electrode poles (14) which are connected to electric feeder lines, a demodulation unit (22), at least one electric feeder line (20), which is designed as an antenna and contacts the demodulation unit (22), wherein the implant (10) is fabricated from one piece, can be affixed (16) at the treatment site and is equipped with a biocompatible insulation, whereby the components of the implant (10) are designed so that a therapeutic energy which can be injected from the outside over the antenna (20) during the treatment is delivered to the therapeutic target region without intermediate storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Biotronik CRM Patent AG
    Inventors: Ingo Weiss, Thomas Doerr, Andreas Neumann, Erhard Flach, André Burch
  • Generic architecture for indexing document groups in an inverted text index
    Patent number: 8131726
    Abstract: A method for indexing a plurality of documents, that includes a plurality of duplicate documents, first identifies one or more duplicate groups of documents from among the plurality of documents. Then, one index of content for the duplicate group is created instead of indexing the content from every document within the duplicate group. However, in contrast to the content index, an index of metadata for each of the documents in the duplicate group is created. Thus the content of each duplicate group is indexed only once, while a search engine using such indexing techniques retains the capability to answer queries as if the duplicated content was indexed for each document of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrei Z. Broder, Marcus Felipe Fontoura, Michael Herscovici, Ronny Lempel, John Ai McPherson, Jr., Andreas Neumann, Runping Qi, Eugene Jon Shekita
  • Partition wall with integrated curtain rail flap
    Patent number: 8123165
    Abstract: The invention relates to a partition wall for partitioning at least two regions in a cabin of a vehicle. The invention includes a partition comprising a body that may be moved into a first open position and into a second closed position and comprising a curtain rail, wherein the body is designed in the first position to cover an aisle that is adjacent to the partition, at least in some regions, by means of a curtain that has been affixed to the curtain rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Breuer, Andreas Neumann, Michael Mosler
  • PROVIDING FOUNDATION APPLICATION AS ENTERPRISE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20120047079
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having foundation layer functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Biesemann, Dieter Krisch, Volker Schott, Michael Meyringer, Otfried Von Geisau, Martin Haerterich, Ralf Becker, Ingo Bruss, Horst Schaude, Silke Storch, Klaus Bahr, Volker Faisst, Ralph Moessner, Vsevolod Barabanov, Andreas Kasparek, Jens Griessmann, Hendrik Geipel, Frank Lindqvist, Oliver Grande, Ute Dittmann, Ricardo Padilha, Martin Walla, Joachim Puteick, Daniel Zimmermann, Thomas Schneider, Tilmann Haeberle, Gerald Krause, Karl-Peter Nos, Peter Schwarze, Daniel Maring, Yongbin He, Martina Lahr, Ingo Pfitzner, Shadab Shafio, Christian Haas, Olaf Schulte, Christoph Lehner, Dietmar Storz, Joachim Barnbeck, Bernhard May, Andrea Sudbrack, Michael Wachter, Thomas Kretz, Monika Kaiser, Andreas Steiner, Gurmeet Singh Dhingra, Andreas Huppert, Ashwin Reddy Yeddula, Keshav B. Desai, Tobias Traxel, Kranthi Kumar Muppala, Muttanna Sarashetti, Kritesh Vasing, Kai-Uwe Pielka, Raja Krishnamoorthy, Jyotsna Sharma, Mohit V. Gadkari, Mukesh Kumar, Toralf Grossmann, Andreas Neumann, Fabian Guenther, Jens Ruths, Matthias Richter, Walter Koller, Philipp Suenderhauf
  • Separation element for attenuating the propagation of light in an aircraft
    Patent number: 8118258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a separation element for separating a first space from a second space in an aircraft. The separation element can be affixed between a ceiling region of the cabin, a hatrack in the ceiling region of the cabin, and between a movable space separation device. Furthermore, as a result of attachment between the ceiling region, the hatrack and the movable space separation device, the separation element is connectable in a lightproof manner to the ceiling region, and in a lightproof manner to the hatrack. Furthermore, the separation element is designed in such a manner that it is connectable in a lightproof manner to the movable space separation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mosler, Andreas Neumann, Benjamin Landes
  • Method and device for an accelerated oxidation test of fuels or petroleum products, as well as a computer program for controlling such a device, and a corresponding computer readable storage medium
    Patent number: 8066960
    Abstract: A device and a method for an accelerated oxidation test of fuels or petroleum products, as well as a computer program for controlling such a device, and a corresponding computer readable storage medium, which are applicable, in particular, for the simulation of the aging of fuels or petroleum products. A device for an accelerated oxidation test of fuels or petroleum products is proposed, whereby the device comprises of a pressure vessel (1) to hold specimen (2) of fuels or petroleum products, and the pressure vessel (1) contains at least one device to change the temperature. A corresponding method provides that a specimen (2) of fuel or petroleum product is placed in a pressure vessel (1), the specimen is brought to a predefined temperature above 100° C. by at least one device to change the temperature, which is placed in the pressure vessel (1) and/or in the specimen (2), and the absolute pressure value is monitored so as to determine the oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Petrotest Instruments GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Handschuck, Christian Heine, Andrea Neumann, Ruediger Schulz, Volkmar Wierzbicki
  • Efficient multifaceted search in information retrieval systems
    Patent number: 8032532
    Abstract: A method and system for querying multifaceted information. An inverted index is constructed to include unique indexed tokens associated with posting lists of one or more documents. An indexed token is either a facet token included in a document as an annotation or a path prefix of the facet token. The annotation indicates a path within a tree structure representing a facet that includes the document. The tree structure includes nodes representing categories of documents. A query is received that includes constraints on documents. The constraints are associated with indexed tokens and corresponding posting lists. An execution of the query includes identifying the corresponding posting lists by utilizing the constraints and the inverted index and intersecting the posting lists to obtain a query result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrei Z. Broder, Nadav Eiron, Felipe Marcus Fontoura, Ronny Lempel, Ning Li, John Ai McPherson, Jr., Andreas Neumann, Shila Ofek-Koifman, Runping Qi, Eugene J. Shekita
  • Cardiac pacemaker having a sealed oblong housing
    Patent number: 8032219
    Abstract: Endocardial or intravascular cardiac pacemaker having a sealed housing, in which a battery and a pacemaker controller connected to the battery, as well as at least one stimulation pulse generator, are situated, the housing being oblong and having a length of less than 70 mm and a cross-sectional area of less than 100 mm2 and carrying at least two electrodes, each of which has an outwardly directed, electrically conductive surface and is implemented as a stimulation electrode and is at least sometimes electrically connected to the stimulation pulse generator via an electrical connection situated in the interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK CRM Patent AG
    Inventors: Andreas Neumann, Thorsten Lewalter, Jens Philipp