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Ralf Ostermann
Also filed as: OSTERMANN RALF
109 granted patents·20 pending applications·421 citations·filing 1998–2017
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129 records- 0197US9167176B2Method and device for handling multiple video streams using metadataWINTER MARCO·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 20, 2015·53 cites·16 claims
- 0294US8381254B2Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other dataTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 19, 2013·12 cites·4 claims
- 0393US8737810B2Method and apparatus for cropping of subtitle elementsGANDOLPH DIRK·Filed 2010·Granted May 27, 2014·10 cites·3 claims
- 0492US7653882B2Method for representing animated menu buttonsTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 26, 2010·38 cites·14 claims
- 0589US8588585B2Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other dataTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 19, 2013·5 cites·1 claims
- 0689US8418133B2Method and apparatus for executing software applicationsGANDOLPH DIRK·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 9, 2013·6 cites·2 claims
- 0786US9304664B2Method for generating multi-language menusTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 5, 2016·7 cites·2 claims
- 0886US8701004B2Method for generating multi-language menusHOERENTRUP JOBST·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 15, 2014·14 cites·11 claims
- 0984US8387091B2Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other dataTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 26, 2013·9 cites·5 claims
- 1084US7657109B2Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data streamTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 2, 2010·15 cites·6 claims
- 1183US9529501B2Method for generating an on-screen menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 27, 2016·2 cites·4 claims
- 1283US7852411B2Method and apparatus for composition of subtitlesTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 14, 2010·18 cites·2 claims
- 1382US8788939B2Method and device for composing a menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 22, 2014·2 cites·1 claims
- 1482US8751932B2Method and device for composing a menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 10, 2014·2 cites·1 claims
- 1582US8555168B2Method and device for composing a menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 8, 2013·2 cites·1 claims
- 1681US8732122B2Bonding contents on separate storage mediaGANDOLPH DIRK·Filed 2012·Granted May 20, 2014·3 cites·1 claims
- 1781US8537282B2Method and apparatus for composition of subtitlesGANDOLPH DIRK·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 17, 2013·2 cites·1 claims
- 1880US9137507B2Method and apparatus for executing software applicationsTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 15, 2015·3 cites·2 claims
- 1980US8856654B2Method and device for composing a menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 7, 2014·2 cites·1 claims
- 2079US8862994B2Method and device for composing a menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 14, 2014·2 cites·1 claims
- 2179US8732612B2Method for presenting menu buttonsTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2013·Granted May 20, 2014·3 cites·1 claims
- 2278US9792719B2Method and apparatus for removing outliers from a main view of a scene during 3D scene reconstructionTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 17, 2017·5 cites·44 claims
- 2378US8543920B2Method and device for composing a menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 24, 2013·2 cites·2 claims
- 2478US8359536B2Method and device for composing a menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 22, 2013·6 cites·19 claims
- 2578US8042096B2Method for automatically selecting a software applicationTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 18, 2011·9 cites·12 claims
- 2678US7929792B2Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data streamTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 19, 2011·2 cites·1 claims
- 2777US6622187B1Method for pre-processing data packetsTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 16, 2003·26 cites·6 claims
- 2876US8867825B2Method and apparatus for determining a similarity or dissimilarity measureOSTERMANN RALF·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 21, 2014·7 cites·9 claims
- 2975US9183886B2Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other dataTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 10, 2015·1 cites·3 claims
- 3074US8479119B2Method for presenting menu buttonsHOERENTRUP JOBST·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 2, 2013·13 cites·2 claims
- 3174US7006756B1Method and apparatus for timestamping a bitstream to be recordedTHOMSON BRANDT GMBH·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 28, 2006·25 cites·14 claims
- 3273US8887093B1Method for generating an on-screen menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 11, 2014·2 cites·4 claims
- 3373US7912305B1Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data streamTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 22, 2011·1 cites·2 claims
- 3473US7848585B1Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data streamTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 7, 2010·1 cites·7 claims
- 3572US9176654B2Method for generating an on-screen menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 3, 2015·1 cites·4 claims
- 3672US7921377B2Method for generating an interactive menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 5, 2011·16 cites·11 claims
- 3771US8111759B2Method and apparatus for authoring a 24p audio/video data stream by supplementing it with additional 50i format data itemsWINTER MARCO·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 7, 2012·3 cites·24 claims
- 3871US7280741B2Method and apparatus for controlling the insertion of stuffing data into a bitstream to be recordedTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 9, 2007·8 cites·10 claims
- 3969US8909026B2Method and apparatus for simplifying the access of metadataOSTERMANN RALF·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 9, 2014·1 cites·15 claims
- 4068US9462221B2Method and apparatus for composition of subtitlesTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 4, 2016·1 cites·2 claims
- 4168US8607160B2Method for presenting menu buttonsTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 10, 2013·1 cites·1 claims
- 4268US7317866B1Reproducing a digital datastream containing program information for trick mode displayTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 8, 2008·8 cites·14 claims
- 4368US7269582B2Database model for hierarchical data formatsTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 11, 2007·22 cites·16 claims
- 4467US9167220B2Synchronized stream packingJOHNSON MARK ROGERS·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 20, 2015·2 cites·4 claims
- 4567US9021356B2Method and device for composing a menuTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 28, 2015·0 cites·1 claims
- 4667US8064751B2Appliance-guided edit-operations in advanced digital video recording systemsKLAUSBERGER WOLFGANG·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 22, 2011·8 cites·9 claims
- 4767US7640228B2Method for retrieving data from first and second storage mediumTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 29, 2009·12 cites·11 claims
- 4866US7924916B2Method and apparatus for decoding encoded groups of pictures of a video sequence and presenting said video sequence and said groups of pictures in temporally backward directionTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 12, 2011·2 cites·6 claims
- 4965US9749576B2Method and apparatus for composition of subtitlesTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 29, 2017·0 cites·1 claims
- 5065US9635306B2Method and apparatus for composition of subtitlesTHOMSON LICENSING·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 25, 2017·0 cites·2 claims
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