Patents by Inventor Albertus Josephus Nicolaas Van Breemen

Albertus Josephus Nicolaas Van Breemen 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: 20080294375
    Abstract: A method of automatically selecting an item (e.g. s3) from a set (S) of items involves using item properties to determine weighing factors. The weighing factors are then used to produce a preference distribution having sections, the relative sizes of which correspond with the respective weighing factor. A random number may be used to point to a section of the preference distribution and thus select the associated item. The method may be used to select multimedia items, such as songs, stored in a mass storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventor: Albertus Josephus Nicolaas Van Breemen
  • Publication number: 20080209412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Assistant Software Modules (ASMs) providing services to users of e.g. a mobile phone. The ASMs are becoming learned (or skilled) by the user modifying the behaviour of the ASMs. Adding rules to a configuration file of the ASM preferably performs the modifications, but the modification may also be implemented as a neural network being trained. The invention relates in particular to management of the ASM, which management comprising uploading an ASM from a user who has modified the functionality of the ASM and downloading the ASM to a new user The uploading, downloading and terms for acquiring an ASM is regulated by rules prescribed by a manager of the ASMs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks, Albertus Josephus Nicolaas Van Breemen, Henriette Christine Marie Hoonhout
  • Publication number: 20070050262
    Abstract: The multimedia purchasing apparatus (100) for purchasing multimedia content (161) over a network (140), interacting with a user profiling unit (122) containing information on user preferences of multimedia, has a user negotiation unit (120) comprised, which is arranged to autonomously purchase the multimedia content (161) guided by a budget specification (114). Different negotiation strategies may be used to purchase content as desired by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Albertus Josephus Nicolaas Van Breemen, Sander Reerink, Laurentius Feijs