Joern Ostermann
72Patents
21h-index
34Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 23, 1995 → Jun 8, 2020
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6990452B1 | Method for sending multi-media messages using emoticons | Physics | 133 | Expired |
| US6963839B1 | System and method of controlling sound in a multi-media communication application | Physics | 107 | Expired |
| US7203648B1 | Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio | Physics | 78 | Expired |
| US6593936B1 | Synthetic audiovisual description scheme, method and system for MPEG-7 | Electricity | 78 | Expired |
| US10346878B1 | System and method of marketing using a multi-media communication system | Physics | 71 | Active |
| US9230561B2 | Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio | Physics | 70 | Active |
| US9536544B2 | Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio | Physics | 70 | Active |
| US8521533B1 | Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio | Physics | 70 | Active |
| US6976082B1 | System and method for receiving multi-media messages | Electricity | 68 | Expired |
| US7035803B1 | Method for sending multi-media messages using customizable background images | Electricity | 67 | Expired |
| US6154222A | Method for defining animation parameters for an animation definition interface | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US6483513B1 | Method for defining MPEP 4 animation parameters for an animation definition interface | Physics | 62 | Expired |
| US8115772B2 | System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multimedia communication application | Physics | 49 | Active |
| US6349113B1 | Method for detecting moving cast shadows object segmentation | Physics | 42 | Expired |
| US7177811B1 | Method for sending multi-media messages using customizable background images | Electricity | 39 | Expired |
| US6317131A | Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation using nodes | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US5969721A | System and apparatus for customizing a computer animation wireframe | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US7091976B1 | System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US7921013B1 | System and method for sending multi-media messages using emoticons | Physics | 29 | Active |
| US6177928A | Flexible synchronization framework for multimedia streams having inserted time stamp | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US7203759B1 | System and method for receiving multi-media messages | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US7379066B1 | System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application | Physics | 21 | Active |
| US7924286B2 | System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US7949109B2 | System and method of controlling sound in a multi-media communication application | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US7671861B1 | Apparatus and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application | Physics | 16 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.