Patents by Inventor Eric Koerber

Eric Koerber 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).

  • Publication number: 20060218641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for distributing information from a distributing device to a receiving device. The idea of the invention is that each device is assigned a class number. When information is to be transferred, the distributing device verifies the class number of the receiving device. If the receiving device has a lower class number than the distributing device, the distributing device is allowed to transfer the content to the receiving device. Preferably this class number represents the number of potential users that has access to the device. The class number can be assigned using a signed certificate. The information to be distributed may be provided with a watermarked class number, the watermarked class number specifying the highest class number that the receiving device can have and still be allowed to receive the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventor: Eric Koerber
  • Publication number: 20060142935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for providing a user (100) with location-based information, the system comprising a user device (110) arranged to enable the user to use the location-based information, the user device being arranged to enable the user to point the user device (110) substantially at a remote physical location (130, 140) for selecting information corresponding to said remote location. The user device may be arranged to identify said remote location of the device (130, 140) by identifying current location (120) of the device and a direction at which the user device is substantially pointed. The invention also relates to a method of providing a user with location-based information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventor: Eric Koerber