Patents by Inventor Patrick Schmitz

Patrick Schmitz 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: 20200411823
    Abstract: A protective unit is provided for a battery module of a high-voltage battery of a motor vehicle for electrically insulating cell housings of prismatic battery cells of the battery module, which battery cells are stacked to form a cell stack. A cell-contacting system of the battery module interconnects the battery cells by electrically connecting cell terminals of the battery cells. The protective unit includes a pre-formed intermediate layer made of an electrically insulating material, which intermediate layer can be applied to a side of the cell stack having the cell terminals and can be arranged between the side of the cell stack having the cell terminals and the cell-contacting system. The intermediate layer has a number of cut-outs which corresponds to the number of cells terminals. The cut-outs are provided for the feeding through of the cell terminals when the intermediate layer is applied to the cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Andre HECKERT, Michael HUBER, Tuncay IDIKURT, Andreas KLAFFKI, Philipp SCHMIDT, Patrick SCHMITZ, Sebastian SIERING
  • Patent number: 9542394
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described allowing dynamic selection of media items for presentation within a media stream based on dynamically-generated information that describes the content of the media stream or the stream's consumer. Systems may include meta data servers and media servers that work together to dynamically select media items and dynamically build a media stream containing the selected media items to the consumer. The media items are selected based on dynamically-generated meta data. Such meta data may be generated by previous consumers of the media stream and provide an accurate and dynamic description of the contents of the media stream. Because the media items are dynamically selected based on dynamically-generated meta data, even though the same media stream may be requested by different media consumers, each media stream is individually generated and may be a unique stream that reflects the impressions of previous consumers of the stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Shafton, David A. Shamma, Ryan Shaw, Patrick Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20080313227
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described allowing dynamic selection of media items (e.g., advertisements) for presentation within a media stream based on dynamically-generated information that describes the content of the media stream or the stream's consumer. Systems may include meta data servers and media servers that work together to dynamically select media items and dynamically build a media stream containing the selected media items to the consumer. The media items are selected based on dynamically-generated meta data. Such meta data may be generated by previous consumers of the media stream and provide an accurate and dynamic description of the contents of the media stream. Because the media items are dynamically selected based on dynamically-generated meta data, even though the same media stream may be requested by different media consumers, each media stream is individually generated and may be a unique stream that reflects the impressions of previous consumers of the stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Shafton, David A. Shamma, Ryan Shaw, Patrick Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20080313541
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods and user interfaces that allow a user to identify, annotate and share a portion of a media item with another user. Through the user interface, the user may render a media item and identify a segment of the media item. Based on the media item, previously defined and shared segments may be suggested to the user allowing the user to quickly select and identify popular segments for sharing. In addition, previously used annotations of previously defined and shared segments may be suggested to the user allowing users to quickly select annotations. The sharing user may then issue a command that causes a link or other means for accessing the segment to be transmitted to a recipient. Accessing this link or other means, causes the segment defined by the sharing user to be rendered on the recipient's device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Shafton, David A. Shamma, Ryan Shaw, Patrick Schmitz