Patents by Inventor Andreas Henricus Elisabeth Lamers

Andreas Henricus Elisabeth Lamers 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).

  • Method and system for providing complementary information for a video program
    Patent number: 7934233
    Abstract: A method for providing complementary information 226 for a video program is provided that includes receiving complementary information 226 for a video program. A query is received from a consumer. The query is related to a specified portion of the complementary information 226. A query response is provided to the consumer based on the specified portion of the complementary information 226.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: John Zimmerman, Nevenka Dimitrova, Dongge Li, Johanna Maria Bont, Andreas Henricus Elisabeth Lamers, Angel Janevski, Lira Nikolovska
  • Browsing media items
    Patent number: 7777730
    Abstract: A method of navigating, organizing, browsing, searching, and selecting information objects and/or content in a ring based structure is provided wherein the relation between rings are clear and easily grasped. The method is particularly well suited for navigating in media content. The method comprises locating a number of information objects, displaying one or more of the information objects on a display in a ring based structure comprising one or more rings, and changing the size of a specific ring by selecting the specific ring. By this enlargement, the visibility of information objects comprised in the specific ring is increased, and the individual information objects visually present in the ring, may readily be selected from the enlarged ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Andreas Henricus Elisabeth Lamers, Johanna Maria De Bont