Patents by Inventor Udo Gortz
Udo Gortz 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).
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Patent number: 8612473Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for organizing user provided information in a mobile terminal device with meta-information to allow retrieval of the user provided information, and a device configured to perform the method. The user provided information is obtained by any user operation against the mobile terminal device and context information is obtained associated with the User provided information. The meta-information is obtained from the context information and assigned to the user provided information. The meta-information is employed for retrieval of the User provided information by matching request information with the meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information employs calendar information for obtaining meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information is adapted to organize user provided audio information.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Wolfgang Theimer, Knut Haberland-Schlösser, Peter Weingart, Reza Serafat, Matthias Lück, Udo Görtz, Klaus Rateitschek, Jakke Mäkelä, Andreas Myka
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Publication number: 20110060754Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for organizing user provided information in a mobile terminal device with meta-information to allow retrieval of the user provided information, and a device configured to perform the method. The user provided information is obtained by any user operation against the mobile terminal device and context information is obtained associated with the User provided information. The meta-information is obtained from the context information and assigned to the user provided information. The meta-information is employed for retrieval of the User provided information by matching request information with the meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information employs calendar information for obtaining meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information is adapted to organize user provided audio information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Wolfgang Theimer, Knut Haberland-Schlösser, Peter Weingart, Reza Serafat, Matthias Lück, Udo Görtz, Klaus Rateitschek, Jakke Mäkelä, Andreas Myka
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Patent number: 7849415Abstract: A communication apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has an input/output (I/O) controller and a processor hosting a number of applications. The I/O controller responds to messages encoded according to a defined markup language. The applications communicate using the structure of the defined markup language.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Reza Serafat, Wolfgang Theimer, Udo Gortz, Klaus Rateitschek, Peter Buth, Frank Dufhues, Thomas Druke, Amir Imam, Christian Steinert
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Patent number: 7797331Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for organizing user provided information in a mobile terminal device with meta-information to allow retrieval of the user provided information, and a device configured to perform the method. The user provided information is obtained by any user operation against the mobile terminal device and context information is obtained associated with the User provided information. The meta-information is obtained from the context information and assigned to the user provided information. The meta-information is employed for retrieval of the User provided information by matching request information with the meta-information Further, the method for organizing user provided information employs calendar information for obtaining meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information is adapted to organize user provided audio information.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Wolfgang Theimer, Knut Haberland-Schlösser, Peter Weingart, Reza Serafat, Matthias Lück, Udo Görtz, Klaus Rateitschek, Jakke Mäkelä, Andreas Myka
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Patent number: 7551916Abstract: Disclosed is a method for handling and generating and editing of digital documents or digital contents on mobile electronic devices in accordance with sensor data perceived. The method comprises the reception of sensor data or the monitoring of sensors, and the generation of said digital content according to said perceived sensor data. It is further disclosed a mobile terminal and a network device disclosed that are capable of handling a digital content according to the above mentioned methods.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2002Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Udo Görtz, Knut Haberland-Schlösser, Klaus Rateitschek, Wolfgang Theimer, Peter Weingart, Reza Serafat, Matthias Lück, Jakke Mäkelä
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Publication number: 20060217990Abstract: The present invention provides a method for organizing user provided information being available in a mobile terminal device with meta-information for allowing retrieving of the user provided information and a device being capable to perform the method. The user provided information is obtained in consequence on any user operation against the mobile terminal device and context information is obtained which is associated with the User provided information. The meta-information is obtained from the context information and assigned to the user provided information. The user provided information and the meta-information is stored in a history storage in order to establish an information history functionality. The meta-information is employed for retrieval of the User provided information by matching request information: provided with a retrieval request with the meta-information for selecting a user provided information being assigned to the matching meta-information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Wolfgang Theimer, Knut Haberland-Schlosser, Peter Weingart, Reza Serafat, Matthias Luck, Udo Gortz, Klaus Rateitschek, Jakke Makela, Andreas Myka
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Publication number: 20060114757Abstract: A mass storage, an electronic multi-track reproducer, and a method to reproduce multi-track data are shown. The possibility is provided to change the reproduction medium according to present environmental conditions, e.g., to change from a text reproduction seamlessly to the reproduction of a radio play, in case environmental conditions indicate that the user is actually not capable of reading because of vibrations or illumination that is too low. To provide these features to a user, a mass storage, a multi-track reproducer, and a method for reproducing the tracks according to detected environmental conditions is provided. The invention is based on multi-track data, wherein at least a subset of the tracks is sufficient for a basic perception of the data, and at least two of the tracks are provided with synchronization markers. The reproduction can seamlessly jump between the different tracks and reproduction modes, as the tracks are synchronized by the markers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2002Publication date: June 1, 2006Inventors: Wolfgang Theimer, Knut Haberland-Schlosser, Peter Weingart, Reza Serafat, Matthias Luck, Udo Gortz, Klaus Rateitschek
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Publication number: 20060109102Abstract: Disclosed is a method for handling and generating and editing of digital documents or digital contents on mobile electronic devices in accordance with sensor data perceived. The method comprises the reception of sensor data or the monitoring of sensors, and the generation of said digital content according to said perceived sensor data. It is further disclosed a mobile terminal and a network device disclosed that are capable of handling a digital content according to the above mentioned methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2002Publication date: May 25, 2006Inventors: Udo Gortz, Knut Haberland-Schlosser, Klaus Rateitschek, Wolfgang Theimer, Peter Weingart, Reza Serafat, Matthias Luck, Jakke Makela
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Patent number: 7039629Abstract: The invention relates to a method for inputting data into a system. In order to make it easier for users to input data, the invention provides that, in response to an input by a user, one or more terms which are as appropriate as possible for this input are determined as identified terms, that a confidence value is defined for each of these identified terms, and that the terms associated with an input are dealt with further, taking account of their confidence values.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.Inventors: Wolfgang Theimer, Udo Gortz, Reza Serafat, Klaus Rateitscheck, Peter Buth, Frank Dufhues, Thomas Druke, Amir Imam, Christian Steinert
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Publication number: 20050048954Abstract: A plurality of users of mobile terminal device connected to a first wireless communication network with one master terminal device and the remaining mobile terminal devices acting as slave terminal devices, the master connected to a service provider via a second communication network, wherein the following steps are carried out: distributing instructional tasks from the master to the slave terminal devices via the first network, receiving responses responsive to the instructional tasks by the users, transmitting the responses from the slave devices to the master device via the first network, transmitting the responses from the master to the service provider via the second network, processing the responses and generating an evaluation for each of the responses by the service provider, and transmitting the evaluations from the service provider to the master device via the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2001Publication date: March 3, 2005Inventors: Udo Gortz, Jens-Uwe Soehner, Wolfgang Theimer, Karsten Lehn, Marcus Pazina, Knut Haberland-Schlosser, Wolfgang Klammer, Frank Zillikens
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Patent number: 6629183Abstract: The invention relates to an interface device (10) for transmitting information between input/output means (12, 13) and application units (11) in an information and/or communication system. In order, to be able to operate application units with different output/input means of a user interface without changing their input/output interface, the interface device comprises an interface circuit (14) and a storage device (15), connected to the interface circuit (14) for system data and input/output formats and structures, the interface circuit (14) processing input and/or output information to be transmitted in accordance with the stored system data as a function of the input/output means (12, 13) available with the aid of the stored input/output formats and structures, and outputting said information to the respective application unit (11) and/or to the input/output means (12, 13) available.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1999Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.Inventors: Udo Gortz, Wolfgang Theimer, Ari Salomaki
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Patent number: 6477498Abstract: Method for assignment of a selectable option to an actuating means in which a voice-aided control device is activated in order to assign to the actuating means a selectable option for a selection command. In order to assist a user in the selection of an option to be assigned to the actuating means, the invention provides that after activation of the voice-aided control device, the selectable options which are currently available can be announced.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1999Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones LimitedInventors: Udo Gortz, Wolfgang Theimer
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Patent number: 6321199Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an electronic device, in particular a mobile station in a mobile radio network. In order to allow simple and flexible control, the invention provides that a sound is varied in order to select from a plurality of predetermined options.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1999Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones LimitedInventors: Wolfgang Theimer, Udo Gortz, Ari Salomaki
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Patent number: 6041298Abstract: The invention describes one way of coding a speech signal without the elaborate searhing of a stochastic codebook. An "ideal" Regular Pulse Excitation (RPE) is used as the starting point for the method. The five strongest RPE pulses are quantized with equal amplitude and differ by their sign. The other RPE pulses are set to zero. This method, which is simple and can be carried out quickly, provides the same speech quality as with considerably more elaborate closed-loop methods.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 1997Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.Inventor: Udo Gortz
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Patent number: 5893061Abstract: A new scheme to generate the stochastic excitation for a CELP-type speech codec based upon a hybrid stochastic codebook search technique including use of regular pulse excitation codebooks is described. From the ideal RPE sequence the position of the first nonzero pulse and the position of the pulse with maximum amount as well as the overall sign of the RPE sequence are determined. The corresponding target vectors and pulse responses of the synthesis filter are stored in databases belonging to the positions of the maximum pulse, respectively. These databases are used to derive the stochastic codebook via the so-called LBG-algorithm. Once the codebook has become available, the position of the maximum pulse serves as pre-selection measure to limit the search for the "best" candidate vector to a "small" subset of the stochastic codebook.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1996Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones, Ltd.Inventor: Udo Gortz