Inventor

Joern Ostermann

Inventor

Morganville, NJ, US

Overview

1997–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 68 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television26%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general25%

G10LSpeech analysis techniques or speech synthesis18%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication12%

G06FElectric digital data processing8%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes7%

G09BEducational or demonstration appliances3%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding1%

G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information1%

PatentTitleYear

10,536,716Apparatus and method for video motion compensation2020 10,491,921Apparatus and method for video motion compensation2019 10,346,878System and method of marketing using a multi-media communication system2019 10,311,094Synthetic audiovisual description scheme, method and system for MPEG-72019 10,262,439System and method of streaming 3-D wireframe animations2019 9,922,430'System and method of streaming 3-D wireframe animations'2018 9,894,131'Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation'2018 9,536,544'Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio'2017 9,454,828'System and method of streaming 3-D wireframe animations'2016 9,230,561'Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio'2016 9,060,167'System and method of streaming 3-D wireframe animations'2015 9,003,470'Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation'2015 8,881,009'Synthetic audiovisual description scheme, method and system for MPEG-7'2014 8,654,130'Computer readable medium for modifying an animation wire frame'2014 8,638,846'Systems and methods for encoding and decoding video streams'2014 8,635,200'Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation'2014 8,521,533'Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio'2013 8,421,804'System and method of streaming 3-D wireframe animations'2013 8,266,128'Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation'2012 8,115,772'System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multimedia communication application'2012 8,086,464'System for low-latency animation of talking heads'2011 8,086,751'System and method for receiving multi-media messages'2011 7,956,863'Computer readable medium for modifying an animation wire frame'2011 7,949,109'System and method of controlling sound in a multi-media communication application'2011 7,924,286'System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application'2011 7,921,013'System and method for sending multi-media messages using emoticons'2011 7,920,143'Method for defining animation parameters for an animation definition interface'2011 7,844,463'Method and system for aligning natural and synthetic video to speech synthesis'2010 7,760,204'Computer readable medium for modifying an animation wire'2010 7,697,668'System and method of controlling sound in a multi-media communication application'2010 7,671,861'Apparatus and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application'2010 7,673,239'Synthetic audiovisual description scheme, method and system for MPEG-7'2010 7,627,478'System for low-latency animation of talking heads'2009 7,609,270'System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application'2009 7,584,105'Method and system for aligning natural and synthetic video to speech synthesis'2009 7,379,066'System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application'2008 7,366,670'Method and system for aligning natural and synthetic video to speech synthesis'2008 7,365,749'Computer readable medium for modifying an animation wire frame'2008 7,310,811'Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation'2007 7,274,367'Method for defining animation parameters for an animation definition interface'2007 7,260,539'System for low-latency animation of talking heads'2007 7,203,759'System and method for receiving multi-media messages'2007 7,203,648'Method for sending multi-media messages with customized audio'2007 7,177,811'Method for sending multi-media messages using customizable background images'2007 7,148,889'System and apparatus for customizing a computer animation wireframe'2006 7,110,950'Method and system for aligning natural and synthetic video to speech synthesis'2006 7,091,976'System and method of customizing animated entities for use in a multi-media communication application'2006 7,076,426'Advance TTS for facial animation'2006 7,035,803'Method for sending multi-media messages using customizable background images'2006 6,990,452'Method for sending multi-media messages using emoticons'2006 6,989,834'System and apparatus for customizing a computer animation wireframe'2006 6,976,082'System and method for receiving multi-media messages'2005 6,970,172'Method for defining MPEG 4 animation parameters for an animation definition interface'2005 6,963,839'System and method of controlling sound in a multi-media communication application'2005 6,862,569'Method and system for aligning natural and synthetic video to speech synthesis'2005 6,839,672'Integration of talking heads and text-to-speech synthesizers for visual TTS'2005 6,602,299'Flexible synchronization framework for multimedia streams'2003 6,593,936'Synthetic audiovisual description scheme, method and system for MPEG-7'2003 6,567,779'Method and system for aligning natural and synthetic video to speech synthesis'2003 6,483,513'Method for defining MPEP 4 animation parameters for an animation definition interface'2002 6,349,113'Method for detecting moving cast shadows object segmentation'2002 6,317,131'Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation using nodes'2001 6,304,264'System and apparatus for customizing a computer animation wireframe'2001 6,177,928'Flexible synchronization framework for multimedia streams having inserted time stamp'2001 6,154,222'Method for defining animation parameters for an animation definition interface'2000 5,969,721'System and apparatus for customizing a computer animation wireframe'1999 5,778,100'Method and apparatus for reducing the bit rate in a video object planes sequence coder'1998 5,646,689'Video encoder with feedback control'1997

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1997–2018Based in Red Bank, NJ, US· patent location history

1999–2008Patents assigned to AT & T CORP (31)· patent assignee history

2003–2019Based in Morganville, NJ, US· patent location history

2009–2019Patents assigned to AT & T IP II LP (30)· patent assignee history

2010Based in Monmouth, NJ, US· patent location history

2011–2019Patents assigned to OSTERMANN JOERN (11)· patent assignee history

2011–2019Patents assigned to CIVANLAR MEHMET REHA (4)· patent assignee history

2012–2014Patents assigned to BASSO ANDREA (2)· patent assignee history

2019–2020Based in Munich, DE· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
AT & T CORP	31	1999–2008
AT & T IP II LP	30	2009–2019
OSTERMANN JOERNself	11	2011–2019
CIVANLAR MEHMET REHA	4	2011–2019
BASSO ANDREA	2	2012–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Morganville, New Jersey, US	42	2003–2019
Red Bank, New Jersey, US	23	1997–2018
Munich, DE	2	2019–2020
Monmouth, New Jersey, US	1	2010