Patents by Inventor Frank Rosengart

Frank Rosengart 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: 8718439
    Abstract: A method of distributing second multi-media content items into a list having at least one first multi-media content item is provided. The list of the first multi-media content item is to be reproduced on a personal TV system. A playlist of first multi-media content items is selected from a plurality of first multi-media content items available on different TV channels. Potential second multi-media content items from a plurality of available second multi-media content items are determined by matching information from the first and second multi-media content items. At least one of the determined second multi-media content items are selected based on a user profile, metadata of the first and second multi-media content items and/or a distribution scheme for distributing the second multi-media content items into the playlist of the first multi-media content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Axel Springer Digital TV Guide GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Rosengart, Georg Müller-Loeffelholz, Thomas Zier
  • Publication number: 20120316934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, method, and computer program product for controlling a recommender system, wherein placement of auxiliary media in relation to at least one content item presented to a user is controlled. A first scheduler (111) is provided for scheduling the at least one content item based on a user profile obtained from a recommender system. Additionally, a second scheduler (118) is provided for scheduling placement of the auxiliary media in response to the first scheduler (111), wherein the second scheduler (118) is adapted to receive information about a scheduled content from the first scheduler (111) and to decide which auxiliary media to place into a presentation space based on the received information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: AXEL SPRINGER DIGITAL TV GUIDE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Zier, Frank Rosengart
  • Publication number: 20110170838
    Abstract: A method of distributing second multi-media content items into a list having at least one first multi-media content item is provided. The list of the first multi-media content item is to be reproduced on a personal TV system. A playlist of first multi-media content items is selected from a plurality of first multi-media content items available on different TV channels. Potential second multi-media content items from a plurality of available second multi-media content items are determined by matching information from the first and second multi-media content items. At least one of the determined second multi-media content items are selected based on a user profile, metadata of the first and second multi-media content items and/or a distribution scheme for distributing the second multi-media content items into the playlist of the first multi-media content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Axel Springer Digital TV Guide GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Rosengart, Georg Müller-Loeffelholz, Thomas Zier