Patents by Inventor Lars Rehder

Lars Rehder 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEDIA STREAMS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080186960
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling media streams in an electronic device that includes receiving an input stream from a plurality of applications executed on the electronic device outside of an execution thread of any of the plurality of applications and routing each of the input streams to an output device according to a set of preconfigured rules. In a second aspect, the present invention also provides an electronic device that includes a plurality of output device components and a processor that is adapted to execute 1) a plurality of applications producing streams of data, and 2) a mediator that is coupled to each of the output devices adapted to receive the data streams from each of a plurality of applications and route the data streams from the plurality of applications to one or more of the output devices according to a set of preconfigured rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: ACCESS SYSTEMS AMERICAS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Kocheisen, Lars Rehder, Jianfeng Wu, Jeff Parrish