Patents by Inventor Stefan Gessler

Stefan Gessler 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 and system for controlling physical actuators in pervasive computing environments
    Patent number: 9342361
    Abstract: For achieving a coordinated and opportunistic actuator control a method for controlling physical actuators in pervasive computing environments is claimed, wherein an entity—actuation space—is provided, the actuation space being configured to manage actuation requests and actuation status information, wherein at least one resource user sends one or more actuation requests to the actuation space that stores the one or more actuation requests, wherein at least one actuator resource controls at least one physical actuator on the basis of one or more of the actuation requests stored in the actuation space, wherein the at least one actuator resource sends actuation status information corresponding to one or more of the actuation requests to the actuation space, and wherein the at least one resource user and the at least one actuator resource share the actuation space. Furthermore, a corresponding system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NEC EUROPE LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Strohbach, Erno Kovacs, Stefan Gessler
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PHYSICAL ACTUATORS IN PERVASIVE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20120185100
    Abstract: For achieving a coordinated and opportunistic actuator control a method for controlling physical actuators in pervasive computing environments is claimed, wherein an entity—actuation space—is provided, the actuation space being configured to manage actuation requests and actuation status information, wherein at least one resource user sends one or more actuation requests to the actuation space that stores the one or more actuation requests, wherein at least one actuator resource controls at least one physical actuator on the basis of one or more of the actuation requests stored in the actuation space, wherein the at least one actuator resource sends actuation status information corresponding to one or more of the actuation requests to the actuation space, and wherein the at least one resource user and the at least one actuator resource share the actuation space. Furthermore, a corresponding system is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: NEC EUROPE LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Strohbach, Erno Kovacs, Stefan Gessler