Patents by Inventor Martin Kretz
Martin Kretz 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).
-
Publication number: 20200074355Abstract: A method of selecting a meeting area to book is described. The method comprises the steps of: determining the location of a user; determining a booking state of a plurality of candidate meeting areas; and in dependence of the user's location and the booking state of the plurality of candidate meeting areas; the method comprises: automatically selecting and booking one of the candidate meeting areas to the user for a predetermined period of time; and notifying the user of the booking.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Oskar Gronqvist, Fredrik Carlsson, Martin Kretz, Sara Ekholm, Lars-Gunnar Lundgren, Magnus Persson
-
Publication number: 20170060508Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for gathering information for providing personalised augmented information, specifically augmented location information, the method comprising: providing a display arrangement; providing a portable communication device; detecting presence of the portable communication device in the vicinity of the display arrangement; establishing a communications link between the display arrangement and the communication device; assessing if a piece of information concerning the user's identified intentions pertains to a specific location within the environment or a specific resource or a specific person; and displaying on said display arrangement said first information and a second information, the second information comprising an identifier associated with the specific location, resource or person. The disclosure also relates to a display arrangement, a portable communication device and to a system comprising a display arrangement and a portable communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Mårten Österberg, Martin Kretz
-
Patent number: 8838478Abstract: A system may identify selected device users of multiple device users as members of a virtual group. The system may identify attributes, characteristics or actions that a sub-set of members of the virtual group may have in common that may be related to goods and/or services for sale. The system may send advertisements related to the goods or services to devices associated with other members of the group not included in the sub-set of members.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Martin Kretz, Rudolf George Tom Gajdos
-
Patent number: 8478241Abstract: A method for gathering information relating to unsolicited messages. The method comprises deleting in a handheld communication device (1, 100, 200) message information associated with an unsolicited message. In response to deleting the message, information data, which is associated with the deleted message information or the unsolicited message, is forwarded to a message information unit (104, 224). Data information in a memory of said message information unit is updated based on the forwarded data associated with the unsolicited message. A method for blocking messages pertaining to data information stored in the message information unit is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2005Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications ABInventor: Martin Kretz
-
Patent number: 8234272Abstract: In one aspect, a method may include receiving a request from a first mobile device for a search for contacts meeting a criterion; searching a database of contacts for the contacts meeting the criterion and including the contacts meeting the criterion in search results; determining whether a second mobile device associated with one of the contacts meeting the criterion is within a vicinity of the first mobile device; and ranking the search results based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2007Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications ABInventors: Martin Kretz, Rudolf George Tom Gajdos
-
Patent number: 8229402Abstract: Electronic device, comprising a memory for storing data files, and means for accessing information in a data file stored in the memory, including a computer system and computer program code means which, when loaded, makes the computer system execute the steps of: —determining file format for the data file; —accessing a meta descriptor language file adapted to the file format of the data file; —parsing the data file by means of a generic parser using said meta descriptor language file; —extracting meta data from the data file; —presenting information related to the data file from the extracted meta data.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Martin Kretz, Gustaf Lööv
-
Patent number: 8140109Abstract: A method of operating a mobile electronic device, a mobile electronic device, as well as a method of operating a server and a sever are disclosed. The mobile electronic device comprises a receiver unit, a processing unit, a memory and an input unit. The memory stores a plurality of data objects which may be selected by a user of the mobile electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Martin Kretz, Fredrik Ekstrand
-
Patent number: 7920785Abstract: To improve the quality of photographs of people, the disclosure describes a system and method of photography using desirable feature recognition. The system and method recognize when the subject persons in a photograph possess one or more desirable features for a desirable photograph, such as when they are all smiling and/or not blinking. The system and method may be applied either to individual or group photographs. The system and method of the present invention may operate in a “Full Mode”, in which a picture is taken when all subject persons possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a “Proportional Mode”, in which a picture is taken when a set proportion of the subject persons possess the desirable feature(s).Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Martin Kretz, Fredrik M. D. Ekstrand
-
Patent number: 7899240Abstract: An electronic equipment and method for creating a composite image or video pattern thumbnail from portions of data extracted from given frames in a sequence of frames. The extracted portions of frame data vary according to the location of the given frame within the sequence, and the composite image is representative of the content of the media file.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Simon Ekstrand, Martin Kretz
-
Patent number: 7840641Abstract: A method, an electronic device (110), a computer program product, and a computer readable medium for obtaining an evaluation of an electronic document that is referred to in an acquired electronic document. The electronic device (110) comprises an acquiring unit (111) adapted to acquire an electronic document including one or more references to one or more other electronic documents. The electronic device (110) also comprises a processing unit (112). The processing unit (112) is adapted to retrieve the reference(s) from the acquired electronic document. Furthermore, the processing unit is adapted to send to a second server (130) a request for an evaluation of the electronic document(s) associated with the retrieved reference(s), and receive from the second server (130) a response including the result of the evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Gustaf Lööv, Martin Kretz
-
Publication number: 20100130183Abstract: A method of operating a mobile electronic device, a mobile electronic device, as well as a method of operating a server and a sever are disclosed. The mobile electronic device comprises a receiver unit, a processing unit, a memory and an input unit. The memory stores a plurality of data objects which may be selected by a user of the mobile electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: Martin Kretz, Fredrik Ekstrand
-
Publication number: 20100039527Abstract: To improve the quality of photographs of people, the disclosure describes a system and method of photography using desirable feature recognition. The system and method recognize when the subject persons in a photograph possess one or more desirable features for a desirable photograph, such as when they are all smiling and/or not blinking. The system and method may be applied either to individual or group photographs. The system and method of the present invention may operate in a “Full Mode”, in which a picture is taken when all subject persons possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a “Proportional Mode”, in which a picture is taken when a set proportion of the subject persons possess the desirable feature(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: Martin Kretz, Fredrik Andersson
-
Patent number: 7664389Abstract: To improve the quality of photographs of people, the disclosure describes a system and method of photography using desirable feature recognition. The system and method recognize when the subject persons in a photograph possess one or more desirable features for a desirable photograph, such as when they are all smiling and/or not blinking. The system and method may be applied either to individual or group photographs. The system and method of the present invention may operate in a “Full Mode”, in which a picture is taken when all subject persons possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a “Proportional Mode”, in which a picture is taken when a set proportion of the subject persons possess the desirable feature(s).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Martin Kretz, Fredrik M. D. Ekstrand
-
Publication number: 20090254855Abstract: An electronic device includes a user input device and a display screen. A moving picture representative of a pointing object that is external to the electronic device is superimposed onto the display screen, and a plurality of features of the pointing object are interpreted as selection pointers so that a movement of the pointing object relative to the display screen may be interpreted as movement of a plurality of selection pointers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Martin Kretz, Tom Gajdos
-
Publication number: 20090131115Abstract: Electronic device, comprising a memory for storing data files, and means for accessing information in a data file stored in the memory, including a computer system and computer program code means which, when loaded, makes the computer system execute the steps of:—determining file format for the data file;—accessing a meta descriptor language file adapted to the file format of the data file;—parsing the data file by means of a generic parser using said meta descriptor language file;—extracting meta data from the data file;—presenting information related to the data file from the extracted meta data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventor: Martin KRETZ
-
Patent number: 7522940Abstract: A method of providing information on a mobile terminal can include displaying mobile terminal density information on a mobile terminal display according to a selectable context based on parameters reported by mobile terminals operating in a wireless communications network to a server.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2004Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Magnus Jendbro, Bjorn Hansson, Martin Kretz
-
Publication number: 20080320077Abstract: A method, an electronic device (110), a computer program product, and a computer readable medium for obtaining an evaluation of an electronic document that is referred to in an acquired electronic document. The electronic device (110) comprises an acquiring unit (111) adapted to acquire an electronic document including one or more references to one or more other electronic documents. The electronic device (110) also comprises a processing unit (112). The processing unit (112) is adapted to retrieve the reference(s) from the acquired electronic document. Furthermore, the processing unit is adapted to send to a second server (130) a request for an evaluation of the electronic of the electronic document(s) associated with the retrieved embedded retrieved reference(s), and receive from the second server (130) a response including the result of the evaluation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Gustaf Loov, Martin Kretz
-
Publication number: 20080310686Abstract: A method of managing image data may include imaging a forward scene with a first camera assembly to generate a forward scene image file. A rearward scene may be imaged with a second camera assembly to generate rearward scene image data. Data derived from the rearward scene image data may be associated with the forward scene image file as an indication of an identity of the user of the camera assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2007Publication date: December 18, 2008Inventor: Martin Kretz
-
Publication number: 20080292299Abstract: To improve the quality of photographs of people, the disclosure describes a system and method of photography using desirable feature recognition. The system and method recognize when the subject persons in a photograph possess one or more desirable features for a desirable photograph, such as when they are all smiling and/or not blinking. The system and method may be applied either to individual or group photographs. The system and method of the present invention may operate in a “Full Mode”, in which a picture is taken when all subject persons possess the desirable feature(s). The system and method also may operate in a “Proportional Mode”, in which a picture is taken when a set proportion of the subject persons possess the desirable feature(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Martin Kretz, Fredrik Andersson
-
Publication number: 20080293397Abstract: Methods for disabling a mobile device (1) having communication capabilities. A message comprising disabling data for disabling at least one functionality of the mobile device (1) is transmitted from a control center (2) to the mobile device (1). The disabling data comprises data for altering program instructions for at least one functionality of the mobile device (1), thereby disabling said functionality. A mobile device (1) and a control center (20) are configured for implementing the methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: Tom Gajdos, Martin Kretz