Patents by Inventor Nico Schellingerhout

Nico Schellingerhout 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 for Managing Threadsd in a Network Chat Environment
    Publication number: 20070255791
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for managing conversation threads 520 in a chat room 505 operating in a network chat environment. A chat controller 120 provides an exchange of information in the form of a plurality of chat lines between a plurality of chat clients registered with a chat room 505. A thread management controller 130 determines one or more associations between the chat lines and identifies one or more threads 520 corresponding to the associations. The thread management controller 130 further assigns each of the chat lines to one of the threads 520.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Bodlaender, Nico Schellingerhout