Patents by Inventor Bram Braat

Bram Braat 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for arranging media items in a physical space based on personal profiles
    Patent number: 9189984
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for arranging a set of media items based on user profiles are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor in communication with user identification ports and a plurality of surfaces for displaying media items. The processor in accordance with the invention receives a user identifier from one of the user identification ports, retrieves a user profile associated with the user identifier, calculates a preference vector for the media items within the set based on the user profile, and directs the plurality of surfaces to change an arrangement of the display of the set of media items from a first configuration to a second configuration based on the preference vector. The processor thereby changes which of the first set of media items is displayed on at least one of the plurality of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Gijs Geleijnse, Jonathan Mason, Bram Braat
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ARRANGING MEDIA ITEMS IN A PHYSICAL SPACE BASED ON PERSONAL PROFILES
    Publication number: 20120066626
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for arranging a set of media items based on user profiles are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor in communication with user identification ports and a plurality of surfaces for displaying media items. The processor in accordance with the invention receives a user identifier from one of the user identification ports, retrieves a user profile associated with the user identifier, calculates a preference vector for the media items within the set based on the user profile, and directs the plurality of surfaces to change an arrangement of the display of the set of media items from a first configuration to a second configuration based on the preference vector. The processor thereby changes which of the first set of media items is displayed on at least one of the plurality of surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Gijs Geleijnse, Jonathan Mason, Bram Braat