Patents by Inventor Stefan PUCHTA

Stefan PUCHTA 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 of providing a virtual product to third parties
    Patent number: 8615472
    Abstract: In a method of providing a virtual product to third parties, the virtual product being present in an original version in a digital form having a predetermined quality, a reduced version of the virtual product, along with information relating to a distributor of the virtual product, is initially provided. The reduced version's quality is inferior to the quality of the original version, and the information relating to the distributor are associated with this reduced version. On the basis of the information associated with the reduced version, further information may be created. This further information indicates that the reduced version has been passed on to the third party by the content provider. The further information is created if the third party has acquired rights to the virtual product after having obtained the reduced version of same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Aichroth, Jens Hasselbach, Stefan Puchta, Thomas Sporer
  • METHOD OF PROVIDING A VIRTUAL PRODUCT TO THIRD PARTIES
    Publication number: 20100049657
    Abstract: In a method of providing a virtual product to third parties, the virtual product being present in an original version in a digital form having a predetermined quality, a reduced version of the virtual product, along with information relating to a distributor of the virtual product, is initially provided. The reduced version's quality is inferior to the quality of the original version, and the information relating to the distributor are associated with this reduced version. On the basis of the information associated with the reduced version, further information may be created. This further information indicates that the reduced version has been passed on to the third party by the content provider. The further information is created if the third party has acquired rights to the virtual product after having obtained the reduced version of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.,
    Inventors: Patrick AICHROTH, Jens HASSELBACH, Stefan PUCHTA, Thomas SPORER
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CHECKING AND DETERMINING CONTROL VALUES
    Publication number: 20070282924
    Abstract: A device for checking a data set, wherein the data set has a plurality of partial sets and a partial control value per partial set includes a determiner for determining a control value and comparer. The determiner for determining a control value is formed so as to determine a common control value from the partial control values of the partial sets. The comparer is formed so as to compare the common control value to a comparison value provided to the comparer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Kraegeloh, Joerg Pickel, Ralph Kulessa, Patrick Aichroth, Kurt Krauss, Jens Hasselbach, Stefan Puchta, Marc Gayer, Harald Popp
  • Method of providing a virtual product to third parties
    Publication number: 20050165657
    Abstract: In a method of providing a virtual product to third parties, the virtual product being present in an original version in a digital form having a predetermined quality, a reduced version of the virtual product, along with information relating to a distributor of the virtual product, is initially provided. The reduced version's quality is inferior to the quality of the original version, and the information relating to the distributor are associated with this reduced version. On the basis of the information associated with the reduced version, further information may be created. This further information indicates that the reduced version has been passed on to the third party by the content provider. The further information is created if the third party has acquired rights to the virtual product after having obtained the reduced version of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Patrick Aichroth, Jens Hasselbach, Stefan Puchta, Thomas Sporer