Patents by Inventor Ralf Ruether

Ralf Ruether 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).

  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20120229252
    Abstract: A method of operating a household appliance that has a knock sensor and an analyzer unit includes detecting an acoustic knocking signal input by a user with the knock sensor. The analyzer unit analyzes the detected acoustic knocking signal so as to initiate a first action in response to identification of a first predeterminable signal sequence and a second action in response to identification of a second predeterminable signal sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: MIELE & CIE. KG
    Inventor: Ralf Ruether
  • Device and method for storing telephone entries
    Patent number: 6772275
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing entries in at least two separate storage areas of a non-volatile memory in a communications terminal, wherein the storage areas have fixed area boundaries, such that a dynamic redial list in the communications terminal is increased in a highly cost-effective fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Beerens, Alexander Hadt, Peter Paul Matthias Kisters, Ralf Ruether, Peter Scholz, Bernhard Slonina