Patents by Inventor Bart Provoost

Bart Provoost 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 arrangement for setting up and updating a user interface for accessing information pages in a data network
    Patent number: 7617215
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to establish and update a user interface allowing a user to access data pages in a data network. Said aim is achieved by the fact that selected data pages are made accessible to the user on the user interface by means of a display element while said data pages are accessed by accessing the respective display element, contents being stored on the data pages. An allocated set of content data, in which characteristics describing the respective content that is stored on the data page are stored, is created for the data pages. In order to determine the selected data pages, a set of user data is created by means of which a searched content is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bart Provoost
  • Method and arrangement for establishing and updating a user surface used for accessing data pages in a data network
    Publication number: 20060041531
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to establish and update a user interface allowing a user to access data pages in a data network. Said aim is achieved by the fact that selected data pages are made accessible to the user on the user interface by means of a display element while said data pages are accessed by accessing the respective display element, contents being stored on the data pages. An allocated set of content data, in which characteristics describing the respective content that is stored on the data page are stored, is created for the data pages. In order to determine the selected data pages, a set of user data is created by means of which a searched content is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventor: Bart Provoost