Patents by Inventor Gert Josef Elisa Copejans
Gert Josef Elisa Copejans 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).
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Patent number: 8272010Abstract: A television display system with a television display for displaying television services and internet information, and an input unit for providing a command, the television display system receiving a data stream containing a plurality of key files, each key file including executable data and a respective key image representing said executable data. The television display system includes a memory for continuously maintaining over a period at least one of the key files, a display section displaying upon occurrence of any of a number of preselected events, a key image stored in said memory, superposed on a displayed said television service, said key image upon activation executing said executable data included in the same key file. The system also includes a command section for executing content of the key file of the displayed respective image conditional upon a key command being provided by the input unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Andre Julien Jacques Heughebaert, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Luc Robert Marcel De Ceulaer
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Publication number: 20110085090Abstract: A television display system with a television display for displaying television services and internet information, and an input unit for providing a command, the television display system receiving a data stream containing a plurality of key files, each key file including executable data and a respective key image representing said executable data. The television display system includes a memory for continuously maintaining over a period at least one of the key files, a display section displaying upon occurrence of any of a number of preselected events, a key image stored in said memory, superposed on a displayed said television service, said key image upon activation executing said executable data included in the same key file. The system also includes a command section for executing content of the key file of the displayed respective image conditional upon a key command being provided by the input unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Andre Julien Jacques HEUGHEBAERT, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Luc Robert Marcel De Ceulaer
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Patent number: 7886320Abstract: A television display device for use with a television display for displaying television services, an input for providing at least one command to the television display device and a broadcast stream containing a stream of key files including data representing respective key images, the television display device including a memory for storing a plurality of control images and for maintaining continuously in memory at least one of said key files, an event selector for selecting an event and associating the event with a selected one of the plurality of control images, an action selector for selecting an action and associating the action with the selected control image, a display section for detecting the event and, in response, producing display information for displaying for a predetermined period the selected control image on a portion of the television display superposed on the television service being viewed and a command section for initiating the action conditional on whether or not a control command is proType: GrantFiled: September 13, 2007Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Andre Julien Jacques Heughebaert, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Luc Robert Marcel De Ceulaer
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Patent number: 7308698Abstract: A television display device for use with a television display for displaying television services, an input for providing at least one command to the television display device and a broadcast stream containing a stream of key files including data representing respective key images, the television display device including a memory for storing a plurality of control images and for maintaining continuously in memory at least one of said key files, an event selector for selecting an event and associating the event with a selected one of the plurality of control images, an action selector for selecting an action and associating the action with the selected control image, a display section for detecting the event and, in response, producing display information for displaying for a predetermined period the selected control image on a portion of the television display superposed on the television service being viewed and a command section for initiating the action conditional on whether or not a control command is proType: GrantFiled: August 24, 2000Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V.Inventors: Andre Julien Jacques Heughebaert, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Luc Robert Marcel de Ceulaer
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Patent number: 6920142Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal Id by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
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Patent number: 6920140Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
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Patent number: 6847648Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
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Patent number: 6834055Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
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Patent number: 6819653Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribution entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2000Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
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Patent number: 6208655Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1997Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.,Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
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Patent number: RE41091Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Sony Service Center (Europe) N.V.Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, John De Vos
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Patent number: RE42587Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Sony Service Center (Europe) N.V.Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
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Patent number: RE44702Abstract: VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Sony Europa, B.V.Inventors: Paul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos