Patents by Inventor Peter P. M. Severeijns

Peter P. M. Severeijns 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).

  • Controlling a home electronics system
    Patent number: 7135985
    Abstract: In an apparatus (200) arranged to control a home electronics system, the apparatus being managed independently of a user, the apparatus includes a data processing unit (CPU (204), Program ROM (208) and RAM (210)), a first communications port (202) operable to receive a command, a second communications port (216) operable to receive a signal indicating an operative component in the system, and a third communications port (218) operable to output a substitute command to a component in the system. On receiving a command, the data processing unit may produce at least one substitute command in dependence on the operative component, this substitute command then being communicated to a component in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V.
    Inventors: David J. Woolgar, Peter P. M. Severeijns