Patents by Inventor Bartel Marinius Van De Sluis

Bartel Marinius Van De Sluis 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).

  • System, apparatus, and method for templates offering default settings for typical virtual channels
    Patent number: 8887199
    Abstract: The system, apparatus and method, of the present application offers the viewer a set of typical virtual channel types based on some predefined or definable category, e.g., news channel, which includes predefined default settings and behavior. These typical virtual channel ‘templates’ make it very easy for a viewer to specify a virtual channel. For example, for a news channel, the default behavior is to only keep the most current coverage, for a series, the default behavior is to keep all until watched. Such a typical virtual channel can be selected explicitly or implicitly. In addition, a virtual channel wizard is provided by the system, apparatus, and method of the present invention that interactively guides a viewer through setting up own templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinius Van De Sluis, Adolf Proidl, Lukasz Marek Szostek, Mark Henricus Verberkt
  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR TEMPLATES OFFERING DEFAULT SETTINGS FOR TYPICAL VIRTUAL CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20090228926
    Abstract: The system, apparatus and method, of the present application offers the viewer a set of typical virtual channel types based on some predefined or definable category, e.g., news channel, which includes predefined default settings and behavior. These typical virtual channel ‘templates’ make it very easy for a viewer to specify a virtual channel. For example, for a news channel, the default behavior is to only keep the most current coverage, for a series, the default behavior is to keep all until watched. Such a typical virtual channel can be selected explicitly or implicitly. In addition, a virtual channel wizard is provided by the system, apparatus, and method of the present invention that interactively guides a viewer through setting up own templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinius Van De Sluis, Adolf Proidl, Lukasz Marek Szostek, Mark Henricus Verberkt