Patents by Inventor Balthasar Schramm

Balthasar Schramm 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: 7716220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a content recommendation device comprising a selection engine (2) that selects content items from a content item pool (4) and generates a selection list (9) comprising the selected content items, and/or means to receive a selection list The content recommendation device also comprises an arrangement engine (3) that generates a content recommendation list (12) by re-arranging at least a part of content items of the selection list (9) so that preferably a dramaturgic sequence of content items is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Michelitsch, Otto Zich, Andreas Spechtler, Balthasar Schramm, Andreas Riegler, Oliver Petro, Thomas Nemetz, Rainer Burgstaller
  • Patent number: 7337458
    Abstract: A content recommendation device is provided, including a selection engine selects content items from a content item pool and generates a selection list including the selected content items, wherein said selection engine selects the content items from a content item pool according to a user profile, and/or a receiving unit configured to receive a selection list selected from a content item pool according to a user profile, and a user profiling engine that a part of at least one previously generated selection. The user feedback includes explicit and implicit feedback so that a very simple explicit feedback, which gets refined by the corresponding implicit feedback, is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventors: Stefan Michelitsch, Otto Zich, Andreas Spechtler, Balthasar Schramm, Andreas Riegler, Oliver Petro, Thomas Nemetz, Rainer Burgstaller
  • Publication number: 20050076093
    Abstract: Content recommendation device with user feedback The invention relates to a content recommendation device, comprising a selection engine (2) that selects content items from a content item pool (4) and generates a selection list (9) comprising the selected content items, wherein said selection engine selects the content items from a content item pool according to a user profile, and/or means to receive a selection list selected from a content item pool according to a user profile, and a user profiling engine that generates a user profile based on a user feedback to at least a part of at least one previously generated selection. According to the invention said user feedback comprises explicit and implicit feedback so that a very simple explicit feedback, which gets refined by the corresponding implicit feedback, is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Stefan Michelitsch, Otto Zich, Andreas Spechtler, Balthasar Schramm, Andreas Riegler, Oliver Petro, Thomas Nemetz, Rainer Burgstaller
  • Publication number: 20050021420
    Abstract: Content recommendation device with an arrangement engine The invention relates to a content recommendation device comprising a selection engine (2) that selects content items from a content item pool (4) and generates a selection list (9) comprising the selected content items, and/or means to receive a selection list The content recommendation device also comprises an arrangement engine (3) that generates a content recommendation list (12) by re-arranging at least a part of content items of the selection list (9) so that preferably a dramaturgic sequence of content items is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Stefan Michelitsch, Otto Zich, Andreas Spechtler, Balthasar Schramm, Andreas Riegler, Oliver Petro, Thomas Nemetz, Rainer Burgstaller