Patents by Inventor Philipp Hoffmann

Philipp Hoffmann 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).

  • Patent number: 9953023
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for consolidating an index entry of a dictionary. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving, by one or more processors, a set of parameters, wherein the set of parameters indicates at least a length of prefix and a length of hash value; receiving, by one or more processors, a first term for entry into an index; converting, by one or more processors, the first term for entry into the index according to the set of parameters; and responsive to determining the converted first term is not present in the index, storing, by one or more processors, the first converted term into the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner
  • Patent number: 9940322
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for consolidating an index entry of a dictionary. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving, by one or more processors, a set of parameters, wherein the set of parameters indicates at least a length of prefix and a length of hash value; receiving, by one or more processors, a first term for entry into an index; converting, by one or more processors, the first term for entry into the index according to the set of parameters; and responsive to determining the converted first term is not present in the index, storing, by one or more processors, the first converted term into the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner
  • Patent number: 9898516
    Abstract: A computer manages methods for determining accurate document transformation by rendering the source document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered source document. The computer rendering the target document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered target document. The computer comparing one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of the rendered target document. The computer determining, based, at least in part, on the compared one or more aspects, whether or not the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger, Dirk Seider
  • Publication number: 20180009395
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining a position for a camera on an outer skin of a vehicle, the position being determined such that the camera can detect an object at a visual reference point behind the vehicle. The method identifies a lateral surface which, in an initial position, is parallel to an XZ plane of the vehicle at a lateral distance from a central x-axis of the vehicle, the lateral distance depending on a maximum width of the vehicle. The method identifies an axis of rotation for the lateral surface which is parallel to a z-axis of the vehicle and which extends through the visual reference point. The method determines a point of intersection of the lateral surface rotated, starting from the initial position, about the axis of rotation with the outer skin of the vehicle. The method determines the position for the camera based on the point of intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventor: Philipp HOFFMANN
  • Patent number: 9797051
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of retrofitting of a membrane electrolysis cell, wherein a rigid cathode is shaped by plastic deformation of the regions in correspondence of cathodic supports; a pre-shaped conductive elastic element having compressed regions in correspondence of said cathodic supports is overlaid onto said rigid cathode; a flexible planar cathode provided with a catalytic coating is overlaid onto said conductive elastic element. The invention also concerns a correspondingly retrofitted electrolysis cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP UHDE CHLORINE ENGINEERS (ITALIA) S.R.L.
    Inventors: Fulvio Federico, Dmitri Donst, Peter Woltering, Dirk Hoormann, Philipp Hoffmann, Michele Perego, Alessandro Fiorucci, Christoph Hohenberger
  • Publication number: 20170116710
    Abstract: A driver assistance system and a method for merging partial images to form an image of a contiguous surrounding region of a mode of transport are provided. The method includes the following steps: detecting a first partial region of the surrounding region by a first environmental sensor; detecting a second partial region of the surrounding region by a second environmental sensor; generating a first partial image of the first partial region on the basis of a signal from the first environmental sensor; generating a second partial image of the second partial region on the basis of a signal of the second environmental sensor and a multiplicity of virtual sensors for detecting the second partial region; and merging the first partial image and the second partial image along a straight first joining line, wherein the virtual sensors are arranged at positions substantially on a perpendicular to the joining line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Torsten SCHMIDT, Philipp HOFFMANN
  • Patent number: 9633219
    Abstract: Providing an encrypted search index for performing searches on encrypted documents, the method comprising: (i) providing a set of documents, the documents comprising a plurality of unencrypted phrases; (ii) providing a master key; (iii) providing, based on the master key, for each phrase a set of encryption keys comprising one or more encryption keys; (iv) selecting, for each phrase, one encryption key of the set of encryption keys; (v) encrypting each phrase with the selected encryption key; and (vi) building an index based on the encrypted phrases, the index comprising information regarding which encrypted phrase is comprised within a certain document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger
  • Publication number: 20170061151
    Abstract: Providing an encrypted search index for performing searches on encrypted documents, the method comprising: (i) providing a set of documents, the documents comprising a plurality of unencrypted phrases; (ii) providing a master key; (iii) providing, based on the master key, for each phrase a set of encryption keys comprising one or more encryption keys; (iv) selecting, for each phrase, one encryption key of the set of encryption keys; (v) encrypting each phrase with the selected encryption key; and (vi) building an index based on the encrypted phrases, the index comprising information regarding which encrypted phrase is comprised within a certain document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger
  • Publication number: 20170060940
    Abstract: Providing an encrypted search index for performing searches on encrypted documents, the method comprising: (i) providing a set of documents, the documents comprising a plurality of unencrypted phrases; (ii) providing a master key; (iii) providing, based on the master key, for each phrase a set of encryption keys comprising one or more encryption keys; (iv) selecting, for each phrase, one encryption key of the set of encryption keys; (v) encrypting each phrase with the selected encryption key; and (vi) building an index based on the encrypted phrases, the index comprising information regarding which encrypted phrase is comprised within a certain document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger
  • Publication number: 20170024697
    Abstract: A computer processor may extract identity information from a document. The identity information may include at least one custodian identity attribute. After extracting the identity information, the computer processor may determine that the identity information is associated with a specific custodian. The computer processor may then search for the custodian identity attribute in a custodian directory to determine whether the custodian directory contains an entry for the custodian. If the custodian is not in the custodian directory, the computer processor may create a new entry in the custodian directory for the custodian and store the extracted identity information in the new entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger
  • Publication number: 20170024696
    Abstract: A computer processor may extract identity information from a document. The identity information may include at least one custodian identity attribute. After extracting the identity information, the computer processor may determine that the identity information is associated with a specific custodian. The computer processor may then search for the custodian identity attribute in a custodian directory to determine whether the custodian directory contains an entry for the custodian. If the custodian is not in the custodian directory, the computer processor may create a new entry in the custodian directory for the custodian and store the extracted identity information in the new entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A.P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger
  • Publication number: 20170017704
    Abstract: A computer manages methods for determining accurate document transformation by rendering the source document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered source document. The computer rendering the target document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered target document. The computer comparing one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of the rendered target document. The computer determining, based, at least in part, on the compared one or more aspects, whether or not the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger, Dirk Seider
  • Patent number: 9542563
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for accessing protected content includes a first computing device with at least one processor. The system determines one or more users associated with information required to access content of a protected document based on a set of rules. A request is generated and sent to at least one second computing device associated with the one or more determined users to retrieve and utilize the required information to access the content of the protected document. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for accessing protected content in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Dirk Seider
  • Patent number: 9529874
    Abstract: A computer manages methods for determining accurate document transformation by rendering the source document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered source document. The computer rendering the target document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered target document. The computer comparing one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of the rendered target document. The computer determining, based, at least in part, on the compared one or more aspects, whether or not the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger, Dirk Seider
  • Patent number: 9529876
    Abstract: A computer manages methods for determining accurate document transformation by rendering the source document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered source document. The computer rendering the target document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered target document. The computer comparing one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of the rendered target document. The computer determining, based, at least in part, on the compared one or more aspects, whether or not the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger, Dirk Seider
  • Publication number: 20150278261
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for consolidating an index entry of a dictionary. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving, by one or more processors, a set of parameters, wherein the set of parameters indicates at least a length of prefix and a length of hash value; receiving, by one or more processors, a first term for entry into an index; converting, by one or more processors, the first term for entry into the index according to the set of parameters; and responsive to determining the converted first term is not present in the index, storing, by one or more processors, the first converted term into the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner
  • Publication number: 20150278265
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for consolidating an index entry of a dictionary. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving, by one or more processors, a set of parameters, wherein the set of parameters indicates at least a length of prefix and a length of hash value; receiving, by one or more processors, a first term for entry into an index; converting, by one or more processors, the first term for entry into the index according to the set of parameters; and responsive to determining the converted first term is not present in the index, storing, by one or more processors, the first converted term into the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Jochen Doerre, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner
  • Publication number: 20150178358
    Abstract: A computer manages methods for determining accurate document transformation by rendering the source document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered source document. The computer rendering the target document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered target document. The computer comparing one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of the rendered target document. The computer determining, based, at least in part, on the compared one or more aspects, whether or not the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger, Dirk Seider
  • Publication number: 20150178344
    Abstract: A computer manages methods for determining accurate document transformation by rendering the source document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered source document. The computer rendering the target document into a non-rasterized format, where the non-rasterized format is a rendered target document. The computer comparing one or more aspects of the rendered source document to corresponding one or more aspects of the rendered target document. The computer determining, based, at least in part, on the compared one or more aspects, whether or not the source document was accurately transformed to the target document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Thomas A. P. Hampp-Bahnmueller, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Werner Schollenberger, Dirk Seider
  • Publication number: 20150121549
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for accessing protected content includes a first computing device with at least one processor. The system determines one or more users associated with information required to access content of a protected document based on a set of rules. A request is generated and sent to at least one second computing device associated with the one or more determined users to retrieve and utilize the required information to access the content of the protected document. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for accessing protected content in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Baessler, Philipp Hoffmann, Markus Lorch, Juergen Maletz, Daniel Pittner, Dirk Seider