Patents by Inventor Albert Ratermann

Albert Ratermann 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).

  • Patent number: 8150320
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a short-haul radio transmitting/radio receiving system conforming to a short-haul radio communication standard wherein a maximum number of devices able to communicate is exceeded. The devices exceeding the maximum number of devices communicating with a master device are switched to a park mode and, continually in keeping with a predefined strategy, parked devices are switched to active while active devices are switched to parked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Prasendt Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Ratermann, Martin Schanzmann
  • Patent number: 7920880
    Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus, system and method for reducing the time required for transmitting a multimedia message from any sender to any addressee and thus generally cut the cost of the multimedia message service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Jan-Christoph Geiger, Werner Goertz, Guido Heling, Stefan Kruppa, Peter Mros, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Stanislaus Willemsen, Marco van de Logt
  • Publication number: 20100173584
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a short-haul radio transmitting/radio receiving system conforming to a short-haul radio communication standard wherein a maximum number of devices able to communicate is exceeded. The devices exceeding the maximum number of devices communicating with a master device are switched to a park mode and, continually in keeping with a predefined strategy, parked devices are switched to active while active devices are switched to parked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Albert Ratermann, Martin Schanzmann
  • Publication number: 20100159969
    Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus, system and method for reducing the time required for transmitting a multimedia message from any sender to any addressee and thus generally cut the cost of the multimedia message service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Jan-Christoph Geiger, Werner Goertz, Guido Heling, Stefan Kruppa, Peter Mros, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Stanislaus Willemsen, Marco van de Logt
  • Patent number: 7720492
    Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus, system and method for reducing the time required for transmitting a multimedia message from any sender to any addressee and thus generally cut the cost of the multimedia message service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Jan-Christoph Geiger, Werner Goertz, Guido Heling, Stefan Kruppa, Peter Mros, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Stanislaus Willemsen, Marco van de Logt
  • Patent number: 7590410
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting notification messages for submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks, wherein to reduce the effort involved in transmitting notification messages and the associated administration effort in an entity sending the notification message on submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks independently of their multimedia capabilities, a service center responsible for sending the notification messages transmits on submission of multimedia messages in a notification message a first notification information which is preferably binary coded, and a second notification information which is preferably embodied as text information, uniformly to different variants of telecommunications devices as regards their multimedia capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Jan-Christoph Geiger, Werner Goertz, Guido Heling, Peter Mros, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Stanislaus Willemsen, Marco van de Logt
  • Patent number: 7519379
    Abstract: A multimedia message service center and telecommunication device for accessing deposited multimedia messages. The forwarding and receipt of multimedia messages transmitted in networks that are configured for the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) independent of the communication between the networks and the infrastructure and the topology of the respective network from any transmitter to any addressee. A dial-in information (EWI) is indirectly or directly sent to the telecommunication device in addition to a communication message (MN) sent indirectly or directly e.g. via a short message center and/or an additional multimedia message center to the telecommunication device (ETKG) in response to a multimedia message (MMN) destined for a telecommunication device (ETKG) and deposited in the multimedia message center (MMNDZ). This dial-in information (EWI) tells the telecommunication device where to dial in to be able to access the multimedia message (MMN) addressed to the telecommunication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Goertz, Marco Lang, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Thomas Schulte, Marco van de Logt
  • Publication number: 20090067526
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmitter-receiver pair for improved data transmission in a multi-carrier system and to a corresponding method, according to which a chain coding is used. To this end, a transmitter has a first coding stage, a transmission-demultiplexer stage, a second coding stage, a modulator stage, a transmission multiplexer stage and a multi-carrier modulator, whereby said transmission-demultiplexer stage and the transmission multiplexer stage are controlled by a bit loading device. Similarly, the receiver has a multi-carrier demodulator, a receiver demultiplexer stage, a first decoding stage, a receiver multiplexer stage and a second decoding stage, whereby the receiver multiplexer stage and demultiplexer stage are in turn controlled by the bit loading device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Albert Ratermann, Martin Schanzmann
  • Patent number: 7450903
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a short-haul radio transmitting/radio receiving system conforming to a short-haul radio communication standard wherein a maximum number of devices able to communicate is exceeded. The devices exceeding the maximum number of devices communicating with a master device are switched to a park mode and, continually in keeping with a predefined strategy, parked devices are switched to active while active devices are switched to parked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Albert Ratermann, Martin Schanzmann
  • Publication number: 20060234629
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a short-haul radio transmitting/radio receiving system conforming to a short-haul radio communication standard wherein a maximum number of devices able to communicate is exceeded. The devices exceeding the maximum number of devices communicating with a master device are switched to a park mode and, continually in keeping with a predefined strategy, parked devices are switched to active while active devices are switched to parked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Albert Ratermann, Martin Schanzmann
  • Publication number: 20060109836
    Abstract: A multimedia message service center and telecommunication device for accessing deposited multimedia messages. The forwarding and receipt of multimedia messages transmitted in networks that are configured for the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) independent of the communication between the networks and the infrastructure and the topology of the respective network from any transmitter to any addressee. A dial-in information (EWI) is indirectly or directly sent to the telecommunication device in addition to a communication message (MN) sent indirectly or directly e.g. via a short message center and/or an additional multimedia message center to the telecommunication device (ETKG) in response to a multimedia message (MMN) destined for a telecommunication device (ETKG) and deposited in the multimedia message center (MMNDZ). This dial-in information (EWI) tells the telecommunication device where to dial in to be able to access the multimedia message (MMN) addressed to the telecommunication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Goertz, Marco Lang, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Thomas Schulte, Marco van de Logt
  • Publication number: 20060019637
    Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus, system and method for reducing the time required for transmitting a multimedia message from any sender to any addressee and thus generally cut the cost of the multimedia message service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Jan-Christoph Geiger, Werner Goertz, Guido Heling, Stefan Kruppa, Peter Mros, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Stanislaus Willemsen, Marco Logt
  • Publication number: 20060003741
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting notification messages for submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks, wherein to reduce the effort involved in transmitting notification messages and the associated administration effort in an entity sending the notification message on submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks independently of their multimedia capabilities, a service center responsible for sending the notification messages transmits on submission of multimedia messages in a notification message a first notification information which is preferably binary coded, and a second notification information which is preferably embodied as text information, uniformly to different variants of telecommunications devices as regards their multimedia capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Jan-Christoph Geiger, Werner Goertz, Guido Heling, Peter Mros, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Stanislaus Willemsen, Marco Van De Logt
  • Patent number: RE43544
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting notification messages for submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks, wherein to reduce the effort involved in transmitting notification messages and the associated administration effort in an entity sending the notification message on submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks independently of their multimedia capabilities, a service center responsible for sending the notification messages transmits on submission of multimedia messages in a notification message a first notification information which is preferably binary coded, and a second notification information which is preferably embodied as text information, uniformly to different variants of telecommunications devices as regards their multimedia capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Jan-Christoph Geiger, Werner Goertz, Guido Heling, Peter Mros, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Stanislaus Willemsen, Marco van de Logt