Patents by Inventor Pieter Van Der Meulen
Pieter Van Der Meulen 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).
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Patent number: 9024966Abstract: A display system combines a graphic plane and a video overlay plane using color keys in the graphics plane. By time-averaging patterns of color keys in successive frames of the graphics plane, individual pixels of the graphics plane can be made to appear partially transparent. Using this technique, regions in the graphics plane (e.g., a menu) can be partially transparent with respect to the video overlay, and aliasing can be reduced by making selected pixels in the graphics plane partially transparent.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Pieter van der Meulen
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Patent number: 8448090Abstract: Presentation of advanced content items is selectively suspended and/or activated so as to manage system resources. In some embodiments, plug-in code is selectively activated based on prioritization schemes and responsive to resource usage, user input, and/or other conditions. For example, plug-in code can be selectively suspended when the advanced content being presented by the plug-in code is not in view (for example, if it has been scrolled off the screen); when the advanced content is brought into view, for example as a result of scrolling, the plug-in code is reactivated as appropriate and the presentation of the advanced content resumes. State information for suspended plug-ins can be stored so that upon reactivation, plug-in code resumes operation substantially where it left off.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Pieter van der Meulen, Ben Combee, Russell Brenner, Jeff Finkelstein
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Publication number: 20110022984Abstract: Presentation of advanced content items is selectively suspended and/or activated so as to manage system resources. In some embodiments, plug-in code is selectively activated based on prioritization schemes and responsive to resource usage, user input, and/or other conditions. For example, plug-in code can be selectively suspended when the advanced content being presented by the plug-in code is not in view (for example, if it has been scrolled off the screen); when the advanced content is brought into view, for example as a result of scrolling, the plug-in code is reactivated as appropriate and the presentation of the advanced content resumes. State information for suspended plug-ins can be stored so that upon reactivation, plug-in code resumes operation substantially where it left off.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventors: Pieter van der Meulen, Ben Combee, Russell Brenner, Jeff Finkelstein
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Publication number: 20090089676Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to improved systems and techniques for allowing a user to navigate to media content on a mobile computing device and/or perform available operations associated with the media content. In one embodiment, for example, a mobile computing device may comprise a display to present a tabbed multimedia graphical user interface comprising a navigation bar including a plurality of navigation tabs for navigating to media content and performing available operations associated with the media content. The plurality of navigation tabs may comprise an audio navigation tab associated with audio content, a pictures and videos navigation tab associated with image and video content, a still camera navigation tab for taking digital photographs, a video camera navigation tab for taking video movies, and an online and bookmarks navigation tab associated with online media content. The tabbed multimedia graphical user interface may present a corresponding view associated with an active navigation tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2007Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventors: Jeff Finkelstein, Richard Sagar, Jeff Hawkins, David Berkowitz, Steve Doss, Justin Kodama, Pieter van der Meulen, Kam Stewart, Matt Crowley, Rich Dellinger
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Publication number: 20090066716Abstract: A display system combines a graphic plane and a video overlay plane using color keys in the graphics plane. By time-averaging patterns of color keys in successive frames of the graphics plane, individual pixels of the graphics plane can be made to appear partially transparent. Using this technique, regions in the graphics plane (e.g., a menu) can be partially transparent with respect to the video overlay, and aliasing can be reduced by making selected pixels in the graphics plane partially transparent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: PALM, INC.Inventor: Pieter van der Meulen
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Patent number: 7171466Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture suitable for transmitting a programmable message in place of or intermixed into a streaming media data stream to a receiving device upon receipt of an event is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2001Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V.Inventor: Pieter Van Der Meulen
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Patent number: 6937541Abstract: A collection management system, or virtual jukebox, is provided for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded. The system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and provides an easy to use system for collection cataloging, archiving, and retrieval. In a preferred embodiment, a collection management system resides on a consumer electronic (CE) device, or a personal or home computer (PC), and the collection includes recordings that are stored on one or more hard drives associated with the CE device or the PC. The collection management system includes a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2003Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventor: Pieter Van Der Meulen
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Publication number: 20040158875Abstract: A collection management system, or virtual jukebox, is provided for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded. The system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and provides an easy to use system for collection cataloging, archiving, and retrieval. In a preferred embodiment, a collection management system resides on a consumer electronic (CE) device, or a personal or home computer (PC), and the collection includes recordings that are stored on one or more hard drives associated with the CE device or the PC. The collection management system includes a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventor: Pieter Van Der Meulen
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Publication number: 20030163486Abstract: A collection management system, or virtual jukebox, is provided for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded. The system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and provides an easy to use system for collection cataloging, archiving, and retrieval. In a preferred embodiment, a collection management system resides on a consumer electronic (CE) device, or a personal or home computer (PC), and the collection includes recordings that are stored on one or more hard drives associated with the CE device or the PC. The collection management system includes a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventor: Pieter Van Der Meulen
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Publication number: 20030163211Abstract: A collection management system, or virtual jukebox, is provided for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded. The system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and provides an easy to use system for collection cataloging, archiving, and retrieval. In a preferred embodiment, a collection management system resides on a consumer electronic (CE) device, or a personal or home computer (PC), and the collection includes recordings that are stored on one or more hard drives associated with the CE device or the PC. The collection management system includes a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventor: Pieter Van Der Meulen
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Patent number: 6563769Abstract: A collection management system, or virtual jukebox, is provided for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded. The system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and provides an easy to use system for collection cataloging, archiving, and retrieval. In a preferred embodiment, a collection management system resides on a consumer electronic (CE) device, or a personal or home computer (PC), and the collection includes recordings that are stored on one or more hard drives associated with the CE device or the PC. The collection management system includes a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1999Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventor: Pieter Van Der Meulen
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Publication number: 20030061615Abstract: A system, method, and article of manufacture suitable for transmitting a programmable message in place of or intermixed into a streaming media data stream to a receiving device upon receipt of an event is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventor: Pieter Van Der Meulen
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Publication number: 20030058271Abstract: The present invention comprises a system and method related to the field of sequentially displaying content contained in a series of datasets.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventor: Pieter Van Der Meulen
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Patent number: 5963744Abstract: Custom operations are useable in processor systems for performing functions including multimedia functions. These custom operations enhance a system, such as PC system, to provide real-time multimedia capabilities while maintaining advantages of a special-purpose, embedded solution, i.e., low cost and chip count, and advantages of a general-purpose processor reprogramability. These custom operations work in a computer system which supplies input data having operand data, performs operations on the operand data, and supplies result data to a destination register. Operations performed may include audio and video processing including clipping or saturation operations. The present invention also performs parallel operations on select operand data from input registers and stores results in the destination register.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: Philips Electronics North America CorporationInventors: Gerrit Ary Slavenburg, Pieter van der Meulen, Yong Cho, Vijay K. Mehra, Yen C. Lee