Patents by Inventor Berry Heerdink

Berry Heerdink 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).

  • Alert content reception apparatus, alert content communications system and method of acquiring alert content
    Patent number: 9014616
    Abstract: An alert content reception apparatus comprises a communications interface (229) compatible with a data broadcast service and capable of receiving, when in use, a broadcast data message comprising reference data concerning alert content. The apparatus also comprises a processing resource (202) arranged to analyze, when in use, the broadcast data message and acquire the alert content associated with the reference data in response to determining that the alert content associated with the reference data has not previously been acquired. The communications interface (229) is compatible with a bidirectional data communications service, the processing resource (202) also being arranged to cooperate with the communications interface (229) in order to retrieve the alert content via the bidirectional data communications service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: TomTom International B.V.
    Inventors: Berry Heerdink, Theo Kamalski
  • ALERT CONTENT RECEPTION APPARATUS, ALERT CONTENT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING ALERT CONTENT
    Publication number: 20120244795
    Abstract: An alert content reception apparatus comprises a communications interface (229) compatible with a data broadcast service and capable of receiving, when in use, a broadcast data message comprising reference data concerning alert content. The apparatus also comprises a processing resource (202) arranged to analyse, when in use, the broadcast data message and acquire the alert content associated with the reference data in response to determining that the alert content associated with the reference data has not previously been acquired. The communications interface (229) is compatible with a bidirectional data communications service, the processing resource (202) also being arranged to cooperate with the communications interface (229) in order to retrieve the alert content via the bidirectional data communications service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Berry Heerdink, Theo Kamalski