Patents by Inventor Rolf Guldener
Rolf Guldener 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: 10834515Abstract: A television and a home cinema device work together in various embodiments to render an audio signal including at least a left channel, a right channel and a center channel. The left and right channels are rendered by left and right speakers coupled to the home cinema device, while the center channel is rendered by the left and right speakers of the television. The television can receive the audio signal, decode and render the center channel and send the audio, possibly reencoded left and right channels, to the home cinema device. The television can also send the audio to the home cinema device the returns the, possibly reencoded, center channel for rendering on the television. Alternatively, the home cinema device can receive the audio signal and provide the possibly reencoded center channel to the television. In an alternative, the center channel can be rendered by a soundbar coupled to the television.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Rolf Guldener, Anton Werner Keller
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Publication number: 20200137505Abstract: A television and a home cinema device work together in various embodiments to render an audio signal including at least a left channel, a right channel and a center channel. The left and right channels are rendered by left and right speakers coupled to the home cinema device, while the center channel is rendered by the left and right speakers of the television. The television can receive the audio signal, decode and render the center channel and send the audio, possibly reencoded left and right channels, to the home cinema device. The television can also send the audio to the home cinema device the returns the, possibly reencoded, center channel for rendering on the television. Alternatively, the home cinema device can receive the audio signal and provide the possibly reencoded center channel to the television. In an alternative, the center channel can be rendered by a soundbar coupled to the television.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Rolf GULDENER, Anton Werner KELLER
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Patent number: 10560794Abstract: A television and a home cinema device work together in various embodiments to render an audio signal including at least a left channel, a right channel and a center channel. The left and right channels are rendered by left and right speakers coupled to the home cinema device, while the center channel is rendered by the left and right speakers of the television. The television can receive the audio signal, decode and render the center channel and send the audio, possibly reencoded left and right channels, to the home cinema device. The television can also send the audio to the home cinema device the returns the, possibly reencoded, center channel for rendering on the television. Alternatively, the home cinema device can receive the audio signal and provide the possibly reencoded center channel to the television. In an alternative, the center channel can be rendered by a soundbar coupled to the television.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Rolf Guldener, Anton Werner Keller
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Publication number: 20180262855Abstract: A television and a home cinema device work together in various embodiments to render an audio signal including at least a left channel, a right channel and a center channel. The left and right channels are rendered by left and right speakers coupled to the home cinema device, while the center channel is rendered by the left and right speakers of the television. The television can receive the audio signal, decode and render the center channel and send the audio, possibly reencoded left and right channels, to the home cinema device. The television can also send the audio to the home cinema device the returns the, possibly reencoded, center channel for rendering on the television. Alternatively, the home cinema device can receive the audio signal and provide the possibly reencoded center channel to the television. In an alternative, the center channel can be rendered by a soundbar coupled to the television.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Rolf GULDENER, Anton Werner KELLER
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Method for handling on-hold music during telephone connection and corresponding communication device
Patent number: 10049688Abstract: A method of handling telephone on-hold music, provided by a second party to a first party on a telephone connection between the first and the second party, includes detecting on-hold music, and providing, while on-hold music is detected, and to the first party, content from a source that is independent from the second party. A length of the most recently received audio signal originating from the second party is continuously stored. When on-hold music is no longer detected, voice information is retrieved from the stored length of the most recently received audio signal, providing, to the first party, content from a source that is independent from the second party is stopped, and the retrieved voice information is reproduced to the first party, wherein a time offset that corresponds to a time period required for detection of on-hold music is present.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Anton Werner Keller, Rolf Guldener, Stefan Dubach -
Patent number: 9398150Abstract: A method of setting detection parameters in an apparatus for on-hold music detection, includes comparing a telephone number dialed with telephone numbers in a database. If the telephone number dialed is found in the database, detection parameters and/or detection software associated with the telephone number are retrieved from the database, and the retrieved detection parameters and/or detection software are provided to an on-hold music detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Anton Werner Keller, Rolf Guldener, Stefan Dubach
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Publication number: 20150373190Abstract: A method of setting detection parameters in an apparatus for on-hold music detection, includes comparing a telephone number dialed with telephone numbers in a database. If the telephone number dialed is found in the database, detection parameters and/or detection software associated with the telephone number are retrieved from the database, and the retrieved detection parameters and/or detection software are provided to an on-hold music detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Anton Werner KELLER, Rolf Guldener, Stefan Dubach
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Publication number: 20150332708Abstract: A method of handling telephone on-hold music, provided by a second party to a first party on a telephone connection between the first and the second party, includes detecting on-hold music, and providing, while on-hold music is detected, and to the first party, content from a source that is independent from the second party. A length of the most recently received audio signal originating from the second party is continuously stored. When on-hold music is no longer detected, voice information is retrieved from the stored length of the most recently received audio signal, providing, to the first party, content from a source that is independent from the second party is stopped, and the retrieved voice information is reproduced to the first party, wherein a time offset that corresponds to a time period required for detection of on-hold music is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Anton Werner KELLER, Rolf GULDENER, Stefan DUBACH
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Publication number: 20100091436Abstract: A wall mounted display device having user friendly connectors for coupling with one or more remote appliances is described. The wall mounted display includes a connector portion that is moveable with respect to the display device. The moveable connector portion is positioned along a portion of a side of the display device and provides easier access to connectors needed to couple a remote appliance to the display device. Alternatively, the screen of the display device is moveable with respect to a wall to which the display device is mounted. The screen is moveable in a plane substantially parallel with the wall upon which the display device is mounted, pivotable at an angle away from the wall upon which the display device is mounted, or rotatable with respect to an electronics portion of the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2007Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Rolf Guldener, Anton Werner Keller