Patents by Inventor Francis Stumm

Francis Stumm 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).

  • Audiovisual system formed by various appliances of which certain appliances are formed by various functionality modules
    Patent number: 6912016
    Abstract: Various appliances linked up by a bus that can transmit video data form the system, and functionality modules themselves connected to the bus form certain appliances. A command enables to select functionality modules in various appliances at a time, to command the switch-on of these modules and to establish exchanges of data between these modules. A substantially virtual appliance may thus be formed by the combination of functionality modules that are found in separate appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Francis Stumm
  • AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM FORMED BY VARIOUS APPLIANCES OF WHICH CERTAIN APPLIANCES ARE FORMED BY VARIOUS FUNCTIONALITY MODULES
    Publication number: 20020129357
    Abstract: Various appliances linked up by a bus that can transmit video data form the system, and functionality modules themselves connected to the bus form certain appliances. A command enables to select functionality modules in various appliances at a time, to command the switch-on of these modules and to establish exchanges of data between these modules. A substantially virtual appliance may thus be formed by the combination of functionality modules that are found in separate appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION
    Inventor: FRANCIS STUMM