Patents by Inventor Karsten Rittner

Karsten Rittner 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 and receiver for providing audio translation data on demand
    Patent number: 7353166
    Abstract: Video data are transmitted to a receiver. A language menu is displayed from which a user selects a language that can be different from the original language broadcast with the video data. Video data identification information and language identification information corresponding to the language selected from the menu is derived and transmitted to e.g. an Internet server. The identification information is used to select an audio translation data set from several audio translation data sets stored in said server, wherein each of said several audio translation data sets includes a language translation of original audio data related to said video data. The selected audio translation data set is sent to the receiver and reproduced synchronously together with said video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Hui Li, Karsten Rittner
  • Method and receiver for providing audio translation data on demand
    Publication number: 20010044726
    Abstract: Video data are transmitted to a receiver. A language menu is displayed from which a user selects a language that can be different from the original language broadcast with the video data. Video data identification information and language identification information corresponding to the language selected from the menu is derived and transmitted to e.g. an Internet server. The identification information is used to select an audio translation data set from several audio translation data sets stored in said server, wherein each of said several audio translation data sets includes a language translation of original audio data related to said video data. The selected audio translation data set is sent to the receiver and reproduced synchronously together with said video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Hui Li, Karsten Rittner