Patents by Inventor Matthias Welk

Matthias Welk 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20090106670
    Abstract: A network-accessible virtual environment includes objects that represent users of a service. The users are allowed to control their representative objects in the virtual environment to interact with other users represented in the virtual environment and also to become voice-enabled. Those users who are voice-enabled can speak with other voice-enabled users via phones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Philipp Christian Berndt, Marc Werner Fleischmann, Burckhardt Ruben Joseph Jason Bonello, Matthias Welk
  • ARCHITECTURE FOR TELECONFERENCING WITH VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION
    Publication number: 20080294721
    Abstract: A communications system includes a teleconferencing system for hosting teleconferences, and a server system for providing a virtual representation for the teleconferencing system. The virtual representation includes objects whose states can be commanded to transition gradually. The server system provides clients to client devices, and each client causes its client device to display the virtual representation. Each client device is capable of generating a command for gradually transitioning an object to a new state in the virtual representation and sending the command to the server system. The server system commands the clients to transition an object to its new state by a specified time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Philipp Christian Berndt, Paul J. McCabe, Matthias Welk
  • VIRTUAL REALITY-BASED TELECONFERENCING
    Publication number: 20080252637
    Abstract: A virtual reality environment is applied to teleconferencing such that the environment is used to enter into a teleconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Philipp Christian Berndt, Burckhardt Ruben Joseph Jason Bonello, Matthias Welk, Marc Werner Fleischmann