Patents by Inventor Horst Juergen Schroeter
Horst Juergen Schroeter 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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Publication number: 20230070891Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, operations including determining a representative trajectory of a number of mobile devices relative to a media presentation device, such as a digital billboard. An audience of the number of mobile devices is identified and user characteristics are obtained of the audience. A representative interest of the audience is determined from the user characteristics of the audience, and a media content item is selected according to the representative interest and the representative trajectory. The media content item is presented at the media presentation device to expose the audience to the media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Horst Juergen Schroeter
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Patent number: 11544742Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, operations including determining a representative trajectory of a number of mobile devices relative to a media presentation device, such as a digital billboard. An audience of the number of mobile devices is identified and user characteristics are obtained of the audience. A representative interest of the audience is determined from the user characteristics of the audience, and a media content item is selected according to the representative interest and the representative trajectory. The media content item is presented at the media presentation device to expose the audience to the media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Horst Juergen Schroeter
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Publication number: 20210353235Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile of a user, present the user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user during a communication exchange between the user and the avatar, identify from the one or more responses a need to determine a medical status of the user, establish communications with a medical diagnostic system, receive physiological information associated with the user, submit the physiological information to the medical diagnostic system, receive from the medical diagnostic system a diagnostic analysis of the physiological information, and present the diagnostic analysis to at least one of the user and a medical agent of the user, wherein the user is presented the diagnostic analysis by way of the avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Horst Juergen Schroeter, E-Lee Chang, Linda Roberts, Madhur Khandelwal, Darnell Clayton
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Patent number: 11109815Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile of a user, present the user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user during a communication exchange between the user and the avatar, identify from the one or more responses a need to determine a medical status of the user, establish communications with a medical diagnostic system, receive physiological information associated with the user, submit the physiological information to the medical diagnostic system, receive from the medical diagnostic system a diagnostic analysis of the physiological information, and present the diagnostic analysis to at least one of the user and a medical agent of the user, wherein the user is presented the diagnostic analysis by way of the avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Horst Juergen Schroeter, E-Lee Chang, Linda Roberts, Madhur Khandelwal, Darnell Clayton
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Patent number: 11112933Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a first computing device having a controller to present an avatar having characteristics that correlate to a user profile and that conform to operating characteristics of the first computing device, and transmit to a second computing device operational information associated with the avatar for reproducing at least in part the avatar at said second computing device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Madhur Khandelwal, E-Lee Chang, Horst Juergen Schroeter, Linda Ann Roberts, Darnell Clayton
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Patent number: 10924797Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system that generates an avatar having a first behavior determined by a user profile of a user. An avatar profile is received from a content source for modifying the avatar according to a second behavior. The avatar is modified to generate an adaptive avatar based on the avatar profile. The adaptive avatar has, at least in part, the second behavior determined by the avatar profile, while retaining, at least in part, the first behavior determined by the user profile of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: E-Lee Chang, Horst Juergen Schroeter, Linda Ann Roberts, Darnell Clayton, Madhur Khandelwal
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Publication number: 20200372541Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, operations including determining a representative trajectory of a number of mobile devices relative to a media presentation device, such as a digital billboard. An audience of the number of mobile devices is identified and user characteristics are obtained of the audience. A representative interest of the audience is determined from the user characteristics of the audience, and a media content item is selected according to the representative interest and the representative trajectory. The media content item is presented at the media presentation device to expose the audience to the media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Horst Juergen Schroeter
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Patent number: 10783555Abstract: A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, operations including determining a representative trajectory of a number of mobile devices relative to a media presentation device, such as a digital billboard. An audience of the number of mobile devices is identified and user characteristics are obtained of the audience. A representative interest of the audience is determined from the user characteristics of the audience, and a media content item is selected according to the representative interest and the representative trajectory. The media content item is presented at the media presentation device to expose the audience to the media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventor: Horst Juergen Schroeter
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Publication number: 20200294523Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for processing audio signals. An example system configured to practice the method receives audio at a device to be transmitted to a remote speech processing system. The system analyzes one of noise conditions, need for an enhanced speech quality, and network load to yield an analysis. Based on the analysis, the system determines to bypass user-defined options for enhancing audio for speech processing. Then, based on the analysis, the system can modify an audio transmission parameter used to transmit the audio from the device to the remote speech processing system. The audio transmission parameter can be one of an amount of coding, a chosen codec, or a number of audio channels, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Dimitrios DIMITRIADIS, John CROCKETT, Horst Juergen SCHROETER
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Patent number: 10743058Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that identifies first and second gestures of first and second viewers in a proximity of a media center and associates the first and second gestures with first and second command A conflict is determined between the first and second commands and in response a notification is provided via the media center. The notification requests a resolution to the conflict. A cue is detected from a viewer responsive to the presenting of the notification. The cue identifies a selected one of the first viewer or the second viewer and control of the media center is assigned to one of the first viewer or the second viewer responsive to the cue. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Dimitrios Dimitriadis, Horst Juergen Schroeter
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Publication number: 20200177962Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile, cause a presentation device to present a user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user, identify from the one or more responses a need to communicate with a merchant system, establish a communication session with the merchant system, receive a notification from the merchant system of a merchant avatar engine, establish communication with the merchant avatar engine, adapt the characteristics of the avatar at least in part according to instructions supplied by the merchant avatar engine, and cause the presentation device to present the user the adapted avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Darnell Clayton, E-Lee Chang, Horst Juergen Schroeter, Linda Roberts, Madhur Khandelwal
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Patent number: 10672415Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for processing audio signals. An example system configured to practice the method receives audio at a device to be transmitted to a remote speech processing system. The system analyzes one of noise conditions, need for an enhanced speech quality, and network load to yield an analysis. Based on the analysis, the system determines to bypass user-defined options for enhancing audio for speech processing. Then, based on the analysis, the system can modify an audio transmission parameter used to transmit the audio from the device to the remote speech processing system. The audio transmission parameter can be one of an amount of coding, a chosen codec, or a number of audio channels, for example.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLCInventors: Dimitrios Dimitriadis, John Crockett, Horst Juergen Schroeter
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Patent number: 10595091Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile, cause a presentation device to present a user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user, identify from the one or more responses a need to communicate with a merchant system, establish a communication session with the merchant system, receive a notification from the merchant system of a merchant avatar engine, establish communication with the merchant avatar engine, adapt the characteristics of the avatar at least in part according to instructions supplied by the merchant avatar engine, and cause the presentation device to present the user the adapted avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Lyft, Inc.Inventors: Darnell Clayton, E-Lee Chang, Horst Juergen Schroeter, Linda Roberts, Madhur Khandelwal
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Patent number: 10559023Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to offer for sale an avatar engine that generates a visual representation of an interactive avatar capable of engaging in a verbal communication exchange by way of an audio system of a computing device from which the avatar engine is adapted to operate, receive a purchase request from a communication device, transmit to the communication device a usage policy and a copy of the avatar engine responsive to determining that the purchase request involves a request for a reproduction of at least a portion of the avatar engine, and enable the communication device to access services of the avatar engine responsive to determining that the purchase request involves the request for services of the avatar engine. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Darnell Clayton, Horst Juergen Schroeter, E-Lee Chang, Linda Ann Roberts, Madhur Khandelwal
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Publication number: 20190216378Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile of a user, present the user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user during a communication exchange between the user and the avatar, identify from the one or more responses a need to determine a medical status of the user, establish communications with a medical diagnostic system, receive physiological information associated with the user, submit the physiological information to the medical diagnostic system, receive from the medical diagnostic system a diagnostic analysis of the physiological information, and present the diagnostic analysis to at least one of the user and a medical agent of the user, wherein the user is presented the diagnostic analysis by way of the avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Horst Juergen Schroeter, E-Lee Chang, Linda Roberts, Madhur Khandelwal, Darnell Clayton
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Publication number: 20190141385Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that identifies first and second gestures of first and second viewers in a proximity of a media center and associates the first and second gestures with first and second command A conflict is determined between the first and second commands and in response a notification is provided via the media center. The notification requests a resolution to the conflict. A cue is detected from a viewer responsive to the presenting of the notification. The cue identifies a selected one of the first viewer or the second viewer and control of the media center is assigned to one of the first viewer or the second viewer responsive to the cue. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Dimitrios Dimitriadis, Horst Juergen Schroeter
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Patent number: 10278627Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile of a user, present the user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user during a communication exchange between the user and the avatar, identify from the one or more responses a need to determine a medical status of the user, establish communications with a medical diagnostic system, receive physiological information associated with the user, submit the physiological information to the medical diagnostic system, receive from the medical diagnostic system a diagnostic analysis of the physiological information, and present the diagnostic analysis to at least one of the user and a medical agent of the user, wherein the user is presented the diagnostic analysis by way of the avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Horst Juergen Schroeter, E-Lee Chang, Linda Roberts, Madhur Khandelwal, Darnell Clayton
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Publication number: 20190069021Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system that generates an avatar having a first behavior determined by a user profile of a user. An avatar profile is received from a content source for modifying the avatar according to a second behavior. The avatar is modified to generate an adaptive avatar based on the avatar profile. The adaptive avatar has, at least in part, the second behavior determined by the avatar profile, while retaining, at least in part, the first behavior determined by the user profile of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: E-Lee Chang, Horst Juergen Schroeter, Linda Ann Roberts, Darnell Clayton, Madhur Khandelwal
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Publication number: 20190069035Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile, cause a presentation device to present a user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user, identify from the one or more responses a need to communicate with a merchant system, establish a communication session with the merchant system, receive a notification from the merchant system of a merchant avatar engine, establish communication with the merchant avatar engine, adapt the characteristics of the avatar at least in part according to instructions supplied by the merchant avatar engine, and cause the presentation device to present the user the adapted avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Darnell Clayton, E-Lee Chang, Horst Juergen Schroeter, Linda Roberts, Madhur Khandelwal
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Patent number: 10219021Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for controlling a steering of a plurality of cameras to identify a plurality of potential sources, identifying the plurality of potential sources according to image data provided by the plurality of cameras, assigning a beam of a plurality of beams of a plurality of microphones to each of the plurality of potential sources, detecting a first command comprising one of a first audible cue based on signals from a portion of the plurality of microphones, a first visual cue based on image data from one of the plurality of cameras, or both for controlling a media center, and configuring the media center according to the first command. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Dimitrios Dimitriadis, Horst Juergen Schroeter