Ralf Ostermann
109Patents
9h-index
34Co-inventors
76Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 9, 1998 → Jun 15, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9167176B2 | Method and device for handling multiple video streams using metadata | Electricity | 52 | Active |
| US7653882B2 | Method for representing animated menu buttons | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US7269582B2 | Database model for hierarchical data formats | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6622187B1 | Method for pre-processing data packets | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US7006756B1 | Method and apparatus for timestamping a bitstream to be recorded | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7921377B2 | Method for generating an interactive menu | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US8479119B2 | Method for presenting menu buttons | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US7852411B2 | Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US8381254B2 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US8701004B2 | Method for generating multi-language menus | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US7640228B2 | Method for retrieving data from first and second storage medium | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US8387091B2 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7657109B2 | Method for run-length encoding of a bitmap data stream | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US8737810B2 | Method and apparatus for cropping of subtitle elements | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8042096B2 | Method for automatically selecting a software application | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US8418133B2 | Method and apparatus for executing software applications | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US7295755B2 | Method and apparatus for simplifying the access of metadata | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US9304664B2 | Method for generating multi-language menus | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8359536B2 | Method and device for composing a menu | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8588585B2 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8867825B2 | Method and apparatus for determining a similarity or dissimilarity measure | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US7317866B1 | Reproducing a digital datastream containing program information for trick mode display | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US9792719B2 | Method and apparatus for removing outliers from a main view of a scene during 3D scene reconstruction | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8064751B2 | Appliance-guided edit-operations in advanced digital video recording systems | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US7280741B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling the insertion of stuffing data into a bitstream to be recorded | Physics | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.