Patents by Inventor Frank Heider
Frank Heider 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).
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Patent number: 9859813Abstract: A power converter, for example, an inverter of a photovoltaic system, is designed to read out an exchangeable memory medium and to carry out an operation setting and/or a start-up of the power converter in accordance with the settings data, the settings data being read from the exchangeable external memory medium. A method for setting the operation and/or the start-up of a power converter, for example, for setting the operation and/or the start-up of an inverter, is performed in accordance with settings data read from an external memory medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Andreas Idt, Dennis Raabe, Frank Heider, Stefanie Hofmann, Bernd Jochen Kretschmer, Dennis Gassios, Nadja Habermann, Joerg Meisgeier, Bernhard Feuchter, Tobias Mildenstein, Daniela Herrmann, Jan Selbach, Pawlos Kokkinos
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Patent number: 9813751Abstract: A server machine and a first device (e.g., a television) are configured to access a stream of media (e.g., a broadcast channel) from a media source (e.g., a broadcaster). The server machine generates a representation (e.g., a fingerprint) of the stream of media and stores the representation. The first device plays the stream of media (e.g., for a user) and generates an analog signal based on the stream of media. A second device (e.g., a mobile device of the user) is configured to receive the analog signal and generate a representation of the analog signal. The second device provides the representation of the analog signal to the server machine, which may compare the representation of the stream of media to the representation of the analog signal. Based on the comparison, the server machine may provide an identifier of the media source to the second device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.Inventors: Tassilo Raesig, Frank Heider, Dietmar Krauss
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Publication number: 20170142472Abstract: A server machine and a first device (e.g., a television) are configured to access a stream of media (e.g., a broadcast channel) from a media source (e.g., a broadcaster). The server machine generates a representation (e.g., a fingerprint) of the stream of media and stores the representation. The first device plays the stream of media (e.g., for a user) and generates an analog signal based on the stream of media. A second device a mobile device of the user) is configured to receive the analog signal and generate a representation of the analog signal. The second device provides the representation of the analog signal to the server machine, which may compare the representation of the stream of media to the representation of the analog signal. Based on the comparison, the server machine may provide an identifier of the media source to the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Tassilo Raesig, Frank Heider, Dietmar Krauss
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Patent number: 9560102Abstract: A server machine and a first device (e.g., a television) are configured to access a stream of media (e.g., a broadcast channel) from a media source (e.g., a broadcaster). The server machine generates a representation (e.g., a fingerprint) of the stream of media and stores the representation. The first device plays the stream of media (e.g., for a user) and generates an analog signal based on the stream of media. A second device (e.g., a mobile device of the user) is configured to receive the analog signal and generate a representation of the analog signal. The second device provides the representation of the analog signal to the server machine, which may compare the representation of the stream of media to the representation of the analog signal. Based on the comparison, the server machine may provide an identifier of the media source to the second device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.Inventors: Tassilo Raesig, Frank Heider, Dietmar Krauss
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Publication number: 20150270785Abstract: A power converter, for example, an inverter of a photovoltaic system, is designed to read out an exchangeable memory medium and to carry out an operation setting and/or a start-up of the power converter in accordance with the settings data, the settings data being read from the exchangeable external memory medium. A method for setting the operation and/or the start-up of a power converter, for example, for setting the operation and/or the start-up of an inverter, is performed in accordance with settings data read from an external memory medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Andreas Idt, Dennis Raabe, Frank Heider, Stefanie Schulz, Bernd Jochen Kretschmer, Dennis Gassios, Nadja Habermann, Joerg Meisgeier, Bernhard Feuchter, Tobias Mildenstein, Daniela Herrmann, Jan Selbach, Pawlos Kokkinos
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Publication number: 20150229690Abstract: A server machine and a first device (e.g., a television) are configured to access a stream of media (e.g., a broadcast channel) from a media source (e.g., a broadcaster). The server machine generates a representation (e.g., a fingerprint) of the stream of media and stores the representation. The first device plays the stream of media (e.g., for a user) and generates an analog signal based on the stream of media. A second device (e.g., a mobile device of the user) is configured to receive the analog signal and generate a representation of the analog signal. The second device provides the representation of the analog signal to the server machine, which may compare the representation of the stream of media to the representation of the analog signal. Based on the comparison, the server machine may provide an identifier of the media source to the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Tassilo Raesig, Frank Heider, Dietmar Krauss
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Patent number: 9049496Abstract: A server machine and a first device (e.g., a television) are configured to access a stream of media (e.g., a broadcast channel) from a media source (e.g., a broadcaster). The server machine generates a representation (e.g., a fingerprint) of the stream of media and stores the representation. The first device plays the stream of media (e.g., for a user) and generates an analog signal based on the stream of media. A second device (e.g., a mobile device of the user) is configured to receive the analog signal and generate a representation of the analog signal. The second device provides the representation of the analog signal to the server machine, which may compare the representation of the stream of media to the representation of the analog signal. Based on the comparison, the server machine may provide an identifier of the media source to the second device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.Inventors: Tassilo Raesig, Frank Heider, Dietmar Krauss
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Publication number: 20130058522Abstract: A server machine and a first device (e.g., a television) are configured to access a stream of media (e.g., a broadcast channel) from a media source (e.g., a broadcaster). The server machine generates a representation (e.g., a fingerprint) of the stream of media and stores the representation. The first device plays the stream of media (e.g., for a user) and generates an analog signal based on the stream of media. A second device (e.g., a mobile device of the user) is configured to receive the analog signal and generate a representation of the analog signal. The second device provides the representation of the analog signal to the server machine, which may compare the representation of the stream of media to the representation of the analog signal. Based on the comparison, the server machine may provide an identifier of the media source to the second device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: GRACENOTE, INC.Inventors: Tassilo Raesig, Frank Heider, Dietmar Krauss
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Publication number: 20030183405Abstract: An electrical circuit on a substrate (10), having at least one component (30, 40) attached to a conductor layer (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25), is proposed; the component is surrounded by depressions (50, 51, 60) in the conductor layer. In addition, a substrate having at least one conductor layer for attaching at least one electrical component is proposed, the conductor layer having depressions to provide a flow barrier for a connecting material which is used for attaching the component; the depressions surround an area for attaching the component, and are positioned at a distance from each other such that the component has room between them, without the depressions having to be covered by the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Albert-Andreas Hoebel, Frank Heider, Bernd Rautzenberg, Thomas Raica, Andreas Haugeneder