Patents by Inventor Francois Rüf

Francois Rüf 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: 9268455
    Abstract: A system and method for user-controlled multi-dimensional navigation and/or subject-based aggregation of multimedia data, a multiplicity of node elements being generated and a node element including one or more search terms and/or weighting terms that can be logically combined. For each multimedia data element to be registered, a relevance index parameter is determined for each paired combination of node elements and allocated to the respective pair of node elements. In dependence on the relevance index parameters, one- or multi-dimensional distance factors are determined. Based on the registered multimedia data elements and/or node elements, a topological navigation map is generated and graphically displayed in dependence on the respective one- or multi-dimensional distance factors so that the user can navigate in the topological navigation map by an input device and can access required multimedia data elements and/or node elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: NETBREEZE GMBH
    Inventors: Leo Keller, Francois Rüf
  • Publication number: 20070255670
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for the automated generation of complex control and/or analysis devices, whereby a task-specific organizational profile based on at least task condition data and/or object condition data and/or transfer condition data is generated. A first processing unit having at least one data aggregation module is generated. A second processing unit having at least one data analysis module is generated. A third processing unit having at least one data representation module is generated. Data channels generated by means of at least one work flow are connected to the at least one data aggregation module and/or data analysis module and/or data representation module. A data flow is defined by means of data channels between the modules in accordance with the task-specific organizational profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: NETBREEZE GMBH
    Inventors: Francois Ruf, Leo Keller, Ales Prochazka