Patents by Inventor Donald Sorensen

Donald Sorensen 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: 7792834
    Abstract: A pervasive information retrieval system is disclosed in consumer electronics and home entertainment for retrieval of audio and visual information but also information containing text, pictures etc. in a multi user and multi domain environment comprising a plurality of physically distributed sub-domains having different rendering units, such as loudspeakers, television screens etc. The user is enabled to “grab” an ongoing information rendering experience, such as listening to a piece of music or to a broadcasted radio channel, watching a film or a broadcasted television programme, move to another sub-domain and “throw” the experience onto that sub-domain, where the experience will continue without the need to further operate the rendering units in the selected sub-domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
    Inventor: Christopher Donald Sorensen
  • Publication number: 20090157685
    Abstract: A pervasive information retrieval system is disclosed in consumer electronics and home entertainment for retrieval of audio and visual information but also information containing text, pictures etc. in a multi user and multi domain environment comprising a plurality of physically distributed sub-domains having different rendering units, such as loudspeakers, television screens etc. The user is enabled to “grab” an ongoing information rendering experience, such as listening to a piece of music or to a broadcasted radio channel, watching a film or a broadcasted television programme, move to another sub-domain and “throw” the experience onto that sub-domain, where the experience will continue without the need to further operate the rendering units in the selected sub-domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Christopher Donald Sorensen
  • Publication number: 20060266477
    Abstract: A removal assembly and method for removing a submaster from a master is described. A curved tooling surface is arranged within a housing of the assembly. A first array of vacuum cups is attached to the housing adjacent a first end of the curved tooling surface, where the first array of vacuum cups are configured to provide a vacuum grip on a first portion of the submaster. A second array of vacuum cups is attached to the housing adjacent a second end of the curved tooling surface, where the second end opposes the first end, the second array of vacuum cups is configured to provide a vacuum grip on a second portion of the submaster. A rotation mechanism is configured to rotationally support the master as the master is rolled along the curved tooling surface to remove the submaster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Erwin Liang, Harland Hayden, Dennis Jacobs, Dennis Coyle, Alvin Chen, Donald Sorensen, Richard Edwards