Patents by Inventor Herman J. Ter Horst

Herman J. Ter Horst 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).

  • METHOD OF ORGANIZING AND PRESENTING THE STRUCTURE OF A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM AND FOR PRESENTING THIS STRUCTURE TO A PERSON INVOLVED, IN PARTICULAR A USER PERSON OR AN AUTHOR PERSON, AND A SOFTWARE PACKAGE HAVING SUCH ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION FACILITY
    Patent number: 6567829
    Abstract: A method is given for presentation of a multimedia software package, that comprises multiple assets, which can be presented in various combinations in a dialogue with a person involved. In particular, the method uses an explicit information structure description, in which multiple multimedia building blocks are being linked in accordance with an information model that is especially tailored towards a particular application domain. The information model allows expressing in the information structure description of dependency relations stating or implying that certain parts of the multimedia software package should be accessed before other parts. Also, the information model is being expanded with softwared facilities, using which the information structure description is accessible to said person involved, who as a user person can also directly access all multimedia building blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Herman J. Ter Horst, Paul M. Van Loon