Patents by Inventor Ralf Wilhelm

Ralf Wilhelm 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).

  • Publication number: 20170235838
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computer device for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user, the computer device including a processor configured to: determine a set of recommendations for the user based on a current user con text; transmit a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations; monitor the information from which the set of recommendations are derived; wherein at least one recommendation is associated with a perishable asset, the processor being configured to determine the set of recommendations additionally based on the state of the perishable asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Philip SHAW, Leigh BRETT, Kristan BULLETT, Jose CARVAJAL, Felix STEKOLSHCHIK, Puneet JOHAR, Hans-Jurgen MAAS, Peter HEILAND, Ralf Wilhelm TILLMANN, Mark CHRISTIE
  • Publication number: 20170235839
    Abstract: There is provided a computer device for providing recommendations to a user device associated with a user, the computer device including a processor configured to: determine a set of recommendations for the user based on a current user context; transmit a recommendation message to the user device based on the determined set of recommendations; monitor the information from which the set of recommendations are derived; in dependence on identifying a change in the information, transmitting a modified recommendation to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Philip SHAW, Leigh BRETT, Kristan BULLETT, Jose CARVAJAL, Felix STEKOLSHCHIK, Puneet JOHAR, Hans-Jurgen MAAS, Peter HEILAND, Ralf Wilhelm TILLMANN, Mark CHRISTIE
  • Publication number: 20170228444
    Abstract: There is disclosed a recommendation server comprising a processor configured to: generate a set of recommendations for a user; allocate a weighting to each recommendation; and transmit a recommendation message to a user terminal of the user, the recommendation message including the recommendations and their associated weightings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Philip SHAW, Leigh BRETT, Kristan BULLETT, Jose CARVAJAL, Felix STEKOLSHCHIK, Puneet JOHAR, Hans-Jurgen MAAS, Peter HEILAND, Ralf Wilhelm TILLMANN, Mark CHRISTIE
  • Publication number: 20170230694
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computer device for generating a recommendation message to a user device, the computer device including a processor configured to: receive a context for a user of the user device; and select at least one recommendation for the user in dependence on the context, wherein the at least one recommendation varies in dependence on the context, such that a first at least one recommendation for a user in a first context is different from a second at least one recommendation for the same user in a second context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: PIKSEL, INC.
    Inventors: Philip SHAW, Leigh BRETT, Kristan BULLET, Jose CARVAJAL, Felix STEKOLSHCHIK, Puneet JOHAR, Hans-Jurgen MAAS, Peter HEILAND, Ralf Wilhelm TILLMANN, Mark CHRISTIE
  • Publication number: 20170228151
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computer device having a display for displaying to a user at least one content item, wherein the display is provided on a user interface which is configured to detect a user input in the form of a swipe action over the displayed content item, wherein an audio output is responsive to the direction of swipe such that the volume of the audio output varies depending on the direction of swipe by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Philip SHAW, Leigh BRETT, Kristan BULLETT, Jose CARVAJAL, Felix STEKOLSHCHIK, Puneet JOHAR, Hans-Jurgen MAAS, Peter HEILAND, Ralf Wilhelm TILLMANN, Mark CHRISTIE
  • Publication number: 20170228114
    Abstract: There is disclosed a user device including a processor configured to: receive a recommendation message; display a plurality of recommendations based on the recommendation message to a user of the user device, the plurality of recommendations having been generated, in part, on the user context; detect selection of one of the displayed plurality of recommendations; request further recommendations in dependence on the detected selection; receive a further recommendation message responsive to the request; and display a further plurality of recommendations corresponding to the further recommendation message to the user of the user device, the further plurality of recommendations having been generated, in part, on the user context and the detected selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Leigh BRETT, Kristan BULLETT, Jose CARVAJAL, Felix STEKOLSHCHIK, Puneet JOHAR, Hans-Jurgen MAAS, Peter HEILAND, Ralf Wilhelm TILLMANN, Mark CHRISTIE, Philip SHAW
  • Publication number: 20170134807
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of controlling delivery of content to one or more media consuming devices associated with a group of consumers, the method comprising: receiving identification information of each consumer of the group of consumers; identifying each consumer of the group of consumers based on the received identification information; querying a data store to determine characteristics of each of said identified consumers; and controlling the delivery of the content to at least one of said one or more media consuming devices based on the determined characteristics of at least one consumer of the group of consumers, wherein each consumer in the group has an association link with all other consumers in the group, and wherein the content which is delivered is delivered to all consumers in the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Andrew David Gayter
  • Publication number: 20170055017
    Abstract: Embodiments of a computer implemented method for controlling media content in an environment of a consumer are described, the embodiments having at least one media device for media consumption by the consumer, the method comprising at least one processor configured to provide media content to the media device for consumption by the consumer; receive, from at least one sensor sensed body data of the at least one consumer indicating a state of the consumer; and control the environment or physical state of the consumer in dependence on the sensed body data to modify the indicated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Christie, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann
  • Publication number: 20160360247
    Abstract: In the following, a content delivery system delivers a modified version of a media asset to a current content consuming user. Control information identifying a desired attribute of the modified version of the asset is received from the current content consuming user. The media asset is modified based on the control information and audience reaction data associated with the media asset and generated by analyzing at least a previous content consuming user's reactions to the media asset whilst the media asset was supplied to a media output device of the previous content consuming user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Antony SHAW, Ralf Wilhelm TILLMANN
  • Patent number: 9510030
    Abstract: In the following, a content delivery system delivers a modified version of a media asset to a current content consuming user. Control information identifying a desired attribute of the modified version of the asset is received from the current content consuming user. The media asset is modified based on the control information and audience reaction data associated with the media asset and generated by analyzing at least a previous content consuming user's reactions to the media asset whilst the media asset was supplied to a media output device of the previous content consuming user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Piksel, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Issar Amit Kanigsberg, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Andrew David Gayter
  • Patent number: 9487671
    Abstract: A waterborne base coat having a special-effect color and which contains aqueous microgel as binder, 0.5 to 2 wt.-% of poly(meth)acrylic acid thickener and 2 to 7 wt.-% of non-ionically emulsified EVA copolymer wax with a drop point of the wax portion of 80 to 110° C., the wt.-% in each case calculated as solids and relative to the solids content of the waterborne base coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: Frank Tessari, Ralf Wilhelms
  • Publication number: 20160227291
    Abstract: A content delivery server configured to select from multiple content items a set of content items for display to a user at a user terminal, the content delivery server having access to content identifiers, identifying content items for delivery; a processor operating a content selection program which is arranged to receive the context data for different contexts and to select a set of content items in dependence on the context data, wherein the content items in the set vary with the context data, such that the content of items in a first set for a user in a first context are different from the content of items in a second set for the same user in a second context, and to transmit a recommendation message to the user terminal comprising a set of content identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Peter Heiland, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Hans-Juergen Maas
  • Publication number: 20160040036
    Abstract: A waterborne base coat having a special-effect color and which contains aqueous microgel as binder, 0.5 to 2 wt.-% of poly(meth)acrylic acid thickener and 2 to 7 wt.-% of non-ionically emulsified EVA copolymer wax with a drop point of the wax portion of 80 to 110° C., the wt.-% in each case calculated as solids and relative to the solids content of the waterborne base coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: Frank Tessari, Ralf Wilhelms
  • Publication number: 20160042075
    Abstract: The invention relates to a content delivery server configured to select from multiple content items a set of content items for display to a user at a user terminal, the content delivery server having access to content identifiers, identifying content items for delivery; a processor operating a content selection program which is arranged to receive the context data for different contexts and to select a set of content items in dependence on the context data, wherein the content items in the set vary with the context data, such that the content of items in a first set for a user in a first context are different from the content of items in a second set for the same user in a second context, and to transmit a recommendation message to the user terminal comprising a set of content identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Leigh Brett, Kristan Bullett, Jose Carvajal, Felix Stekolshchik, Puneet Johar, Philip Shaw, Hans-Jürgen Maas, Peter Heiland, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Mark Christie
  • Patent number: 9193877
    Abstract: A waterborne base coat having a special-effect color and which contains aqueous microgel as binder, 0.5 to 2 wt.-% of poly(meth)acrylic acid thickener and 2 to 7 wt.-% of non-ionically emulsified EVA copolymer wax with a drop point of the wax portion of 80 to 110° C., the wt.-% in each case calculated as solids and relative to the solids content of the waterborne base coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: Frank Tessari, Ralf Wilhelms
  • Publication number: 20150229977
    Abstract: A content delivery system delivers media content to a content consuming user and comprises computer storage storing a media asset; an analysis component configured to perform an analysis of the user's behavior at a user device to infer a desirable attribute of a modified version of the media asset, the user's behavior comprising the user instigating at the user device requests for content other than the media asset to a computer network, and consuming the requested other content when returned from the network. The requests do not explicitly identify the desirable attribute. The system comprises a modified version generation component configured to receive the media asset and modify the media asset based on the analysis of the user's behavior; and a content delivery component configured to supply the modified version of the media asset to a media output device of the user, the modified version exhibiting the desirable attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Piksel, Inc.
    Inventors: Issar Amit Kanigsberg, Philip Antony Shaw, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Andrew David Gayter
  • Publication number: 20150229975
    Abstract: In the following, a content delivery system delivers a modified version of a media asset to a current content consuming user. Control information identifying a desired attribute of the modified version of the asset is received from the current content consuming user. The media asset is modified based on the control information and audience reaction data associated with the media asset and generated by analyzing at least a previous content consuming user's reactions to the media asset whilst the media asset was supplied to a media output device of the previous content consuming user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Piksel, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Antony Shaw, Issar Amit Kanigsberg, Ralf Wilhelm Tillmann, Andrew David Gayter
  • Patent number: 8859053
    Abstract: A waterborne base coat having a light metallic color and containing 0.5 to 2 wt.-% of poly(meth)acrylic acid thickener and 2 to 7 wt.-% of non-ionically emulsified EVA copolymer wax with a drop point of the wax portion of 80 to 110° C., the wt.-% in each case calculated as solids and relative to the solids content of the waterborne base coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Axalta Coating Systems IP Co., LLC
    Inventors: Frank Tessari, Ralf Wilhelms
  • Publication number: 20130115379
    Abstract: A waterborne base coat having a special-effect color and which contains aqueous microgel as binder, 0.5 to 2 wt.-% of poly(meth)acrylic acid thickener and 2 to 7 wt.-% of non-ionically emulsified EVA copolymer wax with a drop point of the wax portion of 80 to 110° C., the wt.-% in each case calculated as solids and relative to the solids content of the waterborne base coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Tessari, Ralf Wilhelms
  • Publication number: 20130084403
    Abstract: A waterborne base coat having a light metallic color and containing 0.5 to 2 wt.-% of poly(meth)acrylic acid thickener and 2 to 7 wt.-% of non-ionically emulsified EVA copolymer wax with a drop point of the wax portion of 80 to 110° C., the wt.-% in each case calculated as solids and relative to the solids content of the waterborne base coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: E.I DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Frank Tessari, Ralf Wilhelms