| Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG Patent applications |
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| 20120069904 | Multiplex Method and Associated Functional Data Structure for Combining Digital Video Signals - Functional data structure for coding a set of digital images which are divided into macroblocks ofpixels coded with colour value statements, including intraprediction macroblocks, wherein each of the images is compressed into at least-one first data stream portion, which comprises a portion of the macroblocks reduced by physical redundancies, and-one second data stream portion, which describes the redundancies, wherein for the intraprediction macroblocks-the first data stream portion is reduced by colour value statements with correlations to colour values from rows of pixels outside and at one edge of the intraprediction macroblock and for which, in the case of pixels outside the compressed image, a colour value default is assumed,-and the second data stream comprises intrapredictors for describing the correlations, with coding of an area which is divided into first areas, each of which is occupied by the macroblocks of one of the digital images, and a second area which spaces apart the first areas and is occupied by pixels with the colour value default. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120027085 | Method for Encoding of a Video Stream - A temporal sequence of pictures is generated in a method for encoding of a first video stream. To do so, a synchronization signal is used which is derived from a second video stream independently of the first video stream, or the encoding of a second video stream independent of the first video stream is based on the same principle as for the encoding of the first video stream. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120014474 | Method and Means for the Scalable Improvement of the Quality of a Signal Encoding Method - The invention relates to a method for the scalable improvement of the quality of an encoding method according to IT-U Recommendation G.722, including the following steps:-a digital error signal (E) derived from an input signal to be encoded and a prognosis signal is compared in sections to a number of M*LN different reference signals in an iterative process having a number of repeated steps depending on the scope of the expansion, and the reference signal having a minimum error signal of a prescribed error criteria is derived therefrom,-the reference signals are each made up of equidistant Dirac impulses δ(n) according to (I), wherein off=[0 . . . M−1], indicates the distance of the first impulse from a zero time point, α∈{α,α, . . . ,α} indicates the amplitude value, M the distance between the individual pulses, N the number of pulses, and L the number of different levels,-the information about the reference signal having the minimum error signal is transmitted. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110194415 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MESH-TYPE NETWORK, PARTICULARLY AS DEFINED IN AN IEEE 802.11S STANDARD, FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF NETWORK NODES - The invention relates to a method for operating a mesh-type network, particularly as defined in an IEEE 802.11s standard, formed by a plurality of network nodes, said network operating at least a first network node that functions as access point for stations which are dissociated from the network and a second network node that functions as connector point for stations that are dissociated from the network. When switching a dissociated station from a radio service area of the first network node to the radio service area of the second network node in said mesh network, an updating of allocation information of nodes based on a routing failure message which is defined according to a routing protocole valid for the mesh network is carried out. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110185210 | Method and Arrangement for Saving Energy In Microprocessors - The invention relates to a method for operating an electronic system, wherein the energy consumption of at least parts of the system is regulated such that on the basis of at least a time-related curve of the current (IFE | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110161212 | Web Based Conference Server and Method - A video conference server in a digital data network that includes at least one audio port and at least one video port, a memory unit, an audio processing unit, a video processing unit, a control unit that generates control signals, a memory device, an access program module and a content program module. The audio and video port connect to a client workstation via the digital data network. The client workstation has a video output and an audio output. The memory unit associates an audio channel and a video channel of the digital data network with a client workstation. The audio processing unit and video processing unit receive signals from the audio and video port and generate signals for transmission to the client workstation. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20100259382 | Interactive Hospitality System - A hospitality system has at least one database for storing guest preferences regarding environment variables, for storing a national and/or regional origin or personal attributes of the guest. According to embodiments, advanced evacuation systems and entertainment systems are provided which fit the guest's preferences and origin. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100217813 | DIVIDING E-MAILS BETWEEN TWO USERS WITH THE AID OF A SERVER - The invention relates to a method and a communication system for operating a communication connection (KV) between a first communication transmitting unit (T | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100010318 | Identifying Products Containing a Food Item That Cause a Food Sensitivity - In one aspect a mobile health monitor that indicates that a food product is suitable for a sufferer of a food sensitivity is provided. The mobile health monitor includes a reader that reads the barcode of the food product, a database having information about a plurality of food products to determine the suitability of the respective food product, and an indicator that provides an indication when a food product is suitable for the suffer. The database is searched base on the read barcode to determine if the food product associated with the barcode is suitable. The indicator indicates that the food product is suitable when the food product is determined suitable based on the searched database. A method indicating that a food product is suitable for a sufferer of a food sensitivity is also provided. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090216524 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING A SENTIMENT FOR AN ENTITY - A method for estimating a sentiment conveyed by the content of information sources towards an entity is presented. The sentiment is obtained with respect to a query context that may be specified, e.g. by specific terms or expressions, like a product or service name. A sentiment dictionary having a plurality of sentiment terms is provided, wherein each sentiment term has assigned a sentiment value, and at least one of said sentiment terms is associated to a group context. Text documents are screened for occurrences of sentiment terms that are associated to a group context corresponding to the query context. Calculating a sentiment score value is performed as a function of the occurrences of sentiment terms having a similar or same group context as the query context. The method may be carried out automatically without manual analysis of the actual semantic content of the text documents under consideration. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090204595 | Method and apparatus for tracking a change in a collection of web documents - A method and an apparatus for tracking changes in a collection of web documents, for example, provided by a web site. The web documents are retrieved at a first assigned point in time and a second assigned point in time. Then a similarity measure for a combination of a retrieved web document at a first assigned point in time and a retrieved web document at a second assigned point in time is calculated for determining pairs of corresponding web documents. By comparing said calculated similarity measure of a pair of corresponding web documents with predetermined thresholds for the similarity measure a change in the content of the corresponding web document between the first assigned point in time and second assigned point in time is detected. Instead of referring to identifiers like URLs for web pages the content similarities of web pages are considered. The proposed strategy facilitates the work of marketing analysts. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090069030 | Method for Determination of Location Information in a Communication System - A method for computer-aided operation of a communication system with a communication network, which has a plurality of network nodes, which are designed to interchange data with a number of terminals in the communication system, and in which the following steps are carried out: the terminals determine a first position variable relating to or at a specific point, with the first position variable comprising a semantic description relating to that specific point; the terminals determine a second position vairable relating to or at the specific point with the second position varialbe comprising physical location information relating to that specific point; the first and the second position variables which have been determined by one of the terminals together represent location information, with the location information being transmitted to a network node in the communication network for further processing. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20080215441 | Interactive Hospitality System - A hospitality system has at least one database for storing guest preferences regarding environment variables, for storing a national and/or regional origin or personal attributes of the guest. According to embodiments, advanced evacuation systems and entertainment systems are provided which fit the guest's preferences and origin. | 09-04-2008 |
