Patents by Inventor Erik Gerardus Hubertus Bastiaans

Erik Gerardus Hubertus Bastiaans 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 and apparatus for displaying a multi-level menu
    Patent number: 6842653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of displaying a multi-level menu. A first menu level is displayed in a first display area, while, in response to selection of a menu item of the first menu level, a second menu level is displayed in a second display area having a fixed position relative to the first display area, irrespective of the position of the selected menu item of the first menu level. Further menu levels may be displayed in further display areas having a fixed position with respect to the other display areas. Selected items of different menu levels may be visually connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Gideon Martin Reinier Weishut, Duco Annardo David Das, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Herman Jan Ter Horst, Erik Gerardus Hubertus Bastiaans
  • Method and apparatus for displaying a multi-level menu
    Publication number: 20010025201
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of displaying a multi-level menu. A first menu level is displayed in a first display area, while, in response to selection of a menu item of the first menu level, a second menu level is displayed in a second display area having a fixed position relative to the first display area, irrespective of the position of the selected menu item of the first menu level. Further menu levels may be displayed in further display areas having a fixed position with respect to the other display areas. Selected items of different menu levels may be visually connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Gideon Martin Reinier Weishut, Duco Annardo David Das, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Herman Jan Ter Horst, Erik Gerardus Hubertus Bastiaans
  • Method and apparatus for rating database objects
    Publication number: 20010023401
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of rating database objects, such as broadcast programs in an EPG database. The objects are categorized in accordance with a multi-level category scheme with a first level of categories and a second level of categories subordinate to a respective category of the first level. The rating of a category of the first level is computed as a function , for example the average, of ratings of subordinate categories of the second level. Ratings are visually represented as different colors or different degrees of saturation of the same color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Gideon Martin Reinier Weishut, Duco Annardo David Das, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Herman Jan Ter Horst, Erik Gerardus Hubertus Bastiaans