Patents by Inventor Gerhardus E. Mekenkamp

Gerhardus E. Mekenkamp 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).

  • Continue recording channel feature for personal video recorder
    Patent number: 7570871
    Abstract: A PVR (A) includes an output (70) wherein a TV channel selected for viewing is output, and a storage device (20) that selectively stores a channel indicator (24) therein. A user interface (60) provides means for selectively loading the storage device (20) with a desired channel indicator (24), and means for selecting a TV channel to be sent to the output (70). A buffer (82) is also included. The buffer (82) automatically records the TV channel output for viewing if the storage device (20) has no channel indicator (20) stored therein, and automatically records that TV channel indicated by the channel indicator (24) when one is stored in the storage device (20) even when the TV channel output for viewing is selected to be different from the TV channel indicated by the channel indicator (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Gerhardus E. Mekenkamp, Mauro Barbieri, Igor W. F. Paulussen
  • Continue recording channel feature for personal video recorder
    Publication number: 20040091249
    Abstract: A PVR (A) includes an output (70) wherein a TV channel selected for viewing is output, and a storage device (20) that selectively stores a channel indicator (24) therein. A user interface (60) provides means for selectively loading the storage device (20) with a desired channel indicator (24), and means for selecting a TV channel to be sent to the output (70). A buffer (82) is also included. The buffer (82) automatically records the TV channel output for viewing if the storage device (20) has no channel indicator (20) stored therein, and automatically records that TV channel indicated by the channel indicator (24) when one is stored in the storage device (20) even when the TV channel output for viewing is selected to be different from the TV channel indicated by the channel indicator (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Gerhardus E. Mekenkamp, Mauro Barbieri, Igor W. F. Paulussen