Patents by Inventor Torsten Suter

Torsten Suter 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).

  • Patent number: 8214252
    Abstract: A system comprising a consumer good, especially a packet of cigarettes or packet of pharmaceutical products, and a server has a consumer good fitted with a concealed code, wherein the code is associated with an advantage having a monetary value and can be transmitted to a server via a telecommunication link, the server being used to check whether the code is registered as valid, and depending on the result of this test, an advantage with a monetary value is credited by the server to the telecommunication number of the caller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Rocks Intertainment GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Suter, Marcus Regensburger
  • Patent number: 8028892
    Abstract: The system disclosed includes at least a consumer item, such as a cigarette box, medication package or piece of clothing, and a detection device that can be operated by a buyer of the consumer item, which is configured for the detection of a coding in the consumer item, and a server, wherein the coding is hidden in the consumer item, but can be accessed by the buyer of the consumer item, so that the coding can be detected by means of a detection device and be transmitted to the manufacturer via a telecommunications connection to the server, wherein the server verifies if the coding is registered as valid, and wherein, depending upon the verification of the coding, a monetary benefit in favor of the telecommunications number of the buyer is credited by means of the server, and/or the server is configured for transmission of information to the buyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Rocks Intertainment GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Regensburger, Torsten Suter, Jochen Claussen
  • Publication number: 20100102117
    Abstract: The system disclosed includes at least a consumer item, such as a cigarette box, medication package or piece of clothing, and a detection device that can be operated by a buyer of the consumer item, which is configured for the detection of a coding in the consumer item, and a server, wherein the coding is hidden in the consumer item, but can be accessed by the buyer of the consumer item, so that the coding can be detected by means of a detection device and be transmitted to the manufacturer via a telecommunications connection to the server, wherein the server verifies if the coding is registered as valid, and wherein, depending upon the verification of the coding, a monetary benefit in favor of the telecommunications number of the buyer is credited by means of the server, and/or the server is configured for transmission of information to the buyer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Rocks Intertainment GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Regensburger, Torsten Suter, Jochen Claussen
  • Publication number: 20090030799
    Abstract: A system comprising a consumer good, especially a packet of cigarettes or packet of pharmaceutical products, and a server has a consumer good fitted with a concealed code, wherein the code is associated with an advantage having a monetary value and can be transmitted to a server via a telecommunication link, the server being used to check whether the code is registered as valid, and depending on the result of this test, an advantage with a monetary value is credited by the server to the telecommunication number of the caller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Rocks Intertainment GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Suter, Marcus Regensburger