Patents by Inventor Edwin P. G. Van Vianen

Edwin P. G. Van Vianen 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 for operating an audio/video set as based on hierarchical menuing of selectable bulletized and stringed items and an audio/video set arranged for practicing the method
    Patent number: 6701525
    Abstract: An audio/video set is operated with hierarchical menus. It displays a menu string of first items in a first coordinate direction on the screen and detects a user selecting an item thereamong. Upon so detecting, the set displays a menu string of second items in a coordinate direction transverse to the first direction and through the selected item. It detects user selection among the second items for activating an associated television functionality. It displays the items in a bulletized manner as annotated by supporting indicativity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Paulus C. Neervoort, Guy J. Roberts, Michael Heesemans, Sung H. Kim, Edwin P. G. Van Vianen