Patents by Inventor Tassilo Volker Raesig
Tassilo Volker Raesig 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: 11272262Abstract: A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast tele-vision receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application whilst the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted toType: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLCInventors: Jose Alexandre Simoes Rodrigues, Tassilo Volker Raesig
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Publication number: 20170150232Abstract: A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast tele-vision receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application whilst the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted toType: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Jose Alexandre SIMOES RODRIGUES, Tassilo Volker RAESIG
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Patent number: 9609396Abstract: A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast tele-vision receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application while the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted toType: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Jose Alexandre Simoes Rodrigues, Tassilo Volker Raesig
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Publication number: 20140337908Abstract: A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast tele-vision receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application whilst the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted toType: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Jose Alexandre SIMOES RODRIGUES, Tassilo Volker RAESIG
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Patent number: 8793720Abstract: A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast television receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application while the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted to rType: GrantFiled: May 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Jose Alexandre Simoes Rodrigues, Tassilo Volker Raesig
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Patent number: 8392946Abstract: A method of recommending local and remote content, comprising: receiving, at a television apparatus, a first set of content items and linking information linking each of the content items of the first set to a respective subset of the first set; providing a second set of further content items, the content items of the second set being locally available at the television apparatus; and determining for each content item in a unified set including the first and second sets further linking information linking the content item to a further subset from the unified set; wherein for a certain content item of the first set, the further subset is determined by adding content items of the second set to the respective subset of the certain content item, the content items added being determined by comparing meta data associated with the certain content item with meta data respectively associated with all content items of the second set.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Ruediger Hnyk, Frank Fritz Heider, Tassilo Volker Raesig, Jose Alexandre Simoes Rodrigues
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Publication number: 20100293577Abstract: A method of content retrieval, comprising: providing a set of content items; determining, for each content item in the set, a subset from the set of content items, wherein the subset for a certain content item of the set is determined by comparing only meta data associated with the certain content item with meta data respectively associated with each of all other content items of the set; selecting, by a user of a television apparatus, a content item out of the set of content items as a seed item; executing a recursive or iterative process until one of the content items of the set is determined by the user as a content item for consuming, the process comprising: displaying the respective subset of the seed item at a display in connection with the television apparatus, each of the content items of the respective subset being represented by a respective image; and selecting, by the user, a further content item of the respective subset displayed as the seed item or as a content item for consuming; and displayingType: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Ruediger HNYK, Frank Fritz Heider, Tassilo Volker Raesig, Jose Alexandre Simoes Rodrigues
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Publication number: 20100293586Abstract: A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast television receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application whilst the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted toType: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Jose Alexandre SIMOES RODRIGUES, Tassilo Volker Raesig
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Publication number: 20100293572Abstract: A method for providing television program information, comprising: determining a device profile of an receiver, transmitting the device profile to a server, determining a user profile of a user of the receiver, determining, at the server, the television program information based on the user profile and on the device profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Jose Alexandre Simoes Rodrigues, Tassilo Volker Raesig
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Publication number: 20100293576Abstract: A method of recommending local and remote content, comprising: receiving, at a television apparatus, a first set of content items and linking information linking each of the content items of the first set to a respective subset of the first set; providing a second set of further content items, the content items of the second set being locally available at the television apparatus; and determining for each content item in a unified set including the first and second sets further linking information linking the content item to a further subset from the unified set; wherein for a certain content item of the first set, the further subset is determined by adding content items of the second set to the respective subset of the certain content item, the content items added being determined by comparing meta data associated with the certain content item with meta data respectively associated with all content items of the second set.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Ruediger HNYK, Frank Fritz Heider, Tassilo Volker Raesig, Jose Alexandre Simoes Rodrigues
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Publication number: 20100251318Abstract: A method of providing information, comprising: capturing, at a first receiver receiving a television broadcast signal, a live image of a television channel of the television broadcast signal; transmitting the captured live image from the first receiver to a server, the server being remotely located from the first receiver; transmitting the captured live image from the server to a second receiver; and displaying the captured live image together with information associated with the television channel at the second receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITEDInventors: Jose Alexandre SIMOES RODRIGUES, Tassilo Volker Raesig, Frank Fritz Heider, Ruediger Hnyk