Patents by Inventor Alexandre Charles

Alexandre Charles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9628146
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an NFC (near field communications) device having an NFC router. The NFC router includes a memory adapted to store data to be shared with an external device and an NFC antenna circuit. The NFC router is capable of operating in a card emulation mode in which the shared data stored by the memory is accessible via the NFC antenna circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Proton World International N.V., STMicroelectronic (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Alexandre Charles
  • Publication number: 20170048658
    Abstract: Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: PIERRE RIZZO, ALEXANDRE CHARLES, JUERGEN BOEHLER, THIERRY MEZIACHE
  • Patent number: 9515701
    Abstract: Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler, Thierry Meziache
  • Publication number: 20160309285
    Abstract: A method is for managing information communication between an NFC controller coupled to an antenna for a contactless communication with an object, a device host, and a secure element. The method may include routing the information through the NFC controller, and communicating first information to be communicated between the secure element and the device host through a first communication link between the NFC controller and the device host, and through a second communication link between the NFC controller and the secure element. The method may include communicating second information with the antenna through a third communication link between the NFC controller and the secure element, the first and second communication links having bandwidths greater than a bandwidth of the third communication link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Alexandre CHARLES
  • Publication number: 20160156386
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an NFC (near field communications) device having an NFC router. The NFC router includes a memory adapted to store data to be shared with an external device and an NFC antenna circuit. The NFC router is capable of operating in a card emulation mode in which the shared data stored by the memory is accessible via the NFC antenna circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Alexandre Charles
  • Publication number: 20160105309
    Abstract: A method for configuring a first device for a near-field communication with a second device, wherein a peer-to-peer mode is selected if the second device draws the power supply of its circuits from a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Alexandre Charles
  • Patent number: 9277577
    Abstract: A method for configuring a first device for a near-field communication with a second device, wherein a peer-to-peer mode is selected if the second device draws the power supply of its circuits from a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: Proton World International N.V., STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Alexandre Charles
  • Publication number: 20160007202
    Abstract: A method and a device for protecting a security module connected to a near-field communication router in a telecommunication device, wherein a transmission between the router and the security module is only allowed in the presence of a radio frequency communication flow detected by the router.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Alexandre Charles
  • Patent number: 9225687
    Abstract: A method for protecting a security module equipping a telecommunication device equipped with a near-field communication router, against an attempt of diversion of a communication channel between a gate of this security module and a gate of the router, wherein, for each request from the router to the security module, the module verifies the rights of access to the information that is contains according to the origin of the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: PROTON WORLD INTERNATIONAL N.V., STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Thierry Huque, Alexandre Charles
  • Patent number: 9214986
    Abstract: A plurality of circuits in a same package including a first integrated circuit having at least one NFC-type communication interface and at least one communication interface of another type, and a second integrated circuit having a security module with a non-volatile memory, the non-volatile memory being used by the NFC interface to store configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventor: Alexandre Charles
  • Patent number: 9179307
    Abstract: A method and a device for protecting a security module connected to a near-field communication router in a telecommunication device, wherein a transmission between the router and the security module is only allowed in the presence of a radio frequency communication flow detected by the router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventor: Alexandre Charles
  • Patent number: 8994951
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a frame element of a laser gyroscope comprising a substrate comprising mobile ions and an electrode fixed to the said substrate, comprising at least one electrically conducting element, connected electrically to the said electrode, and furnished with at least one distal part integrated into the said substrate and exhibiting at least one tip and/or at least one groove, forming at least one blind hole and/or at least one groove in the said substrate, of shape corresponding to that of the said distal part or parts, so as to obtain a tip effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Alexandre Charles Lucien Mary, Bertrand Morbieu
  • Patent number: 8843065
    Abstract: The device may include a contactless element and a set of least two auxiliary elements. Each auxiliary element may include a slave SWP interface connected to a same master SWP interface of the contactless element through a SWP link, and a management module configured for activating at once only one slave SWP interface on the SWP link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, STMicroelectronics Design and Application GmbH
    Inventors: Laurent Degauque, Jürgen Böhler, Alexandre Charles, Pierre Rizzo
  • Publication number: 20140227973
    Abstract: A method for configuring a first device for a near-field communication with a second device, wherein a peer-to-peer mode is selected if the second device draws the power supply of its circuits from a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, Proton World International N.V.
    Inventors: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Alexandre Charles
  • Publication number: 20140201815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of protecting a security module (14) equipping a telecommunication device equipped with a near-field communication router (18), against an attempt to divert a channel for communication between a port of this security module and a port of the router, in which upon each request originating from the router and destined for the security module, the latter verifies the rights of access to the information that it contains as a function of the provenance of the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, Proton World International N.V.
    Inventors: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Thierry Huque, Alexandre Charles
  • Publication number: 20140036723
    Abstract: Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles, Juergen Boehler, Thierry Meziache
  • Publication number: 20140022060
    Abstract: An NFC device may include a first and second controller interfaces, a first communication channel coupled to the first controller interface, and a second communication channel connected to the second controller interface. A secure element may include a secure element interface connected to the first communication channel and encryption/decryption circuitry configured to encrypt data to be sent on the first communication channel for being framed into the encrypted frames and to decrypt encrypted data extracted from the encrypted frames and received from the first communication channel. The secure element may also include management circuitry configured to control the encryption/decryption circuitry for managing the encrypted communication with the NFC controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Juergen BOEHLER, Alexandre CHARLES
  • Publication number: 20130337770
    Abstract: A method for detecting an attempt of diversion of a communication pipe between a port of a security module and a port of a near-field communication router present in a telecommunication device, wherein the router filters the messages addressed to said security module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicants: Proton World International N.V., STMicroelectronics (Roesset) SAS
    Inventors: Thierry Huque, Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Alexandre Charles
  • Patent number: 8583179
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunication device including at least one telecommunication circuit; at least one subscriber identification module; at least one assembly including at least one supply battery; and a switch of selection between a power supply of the subscriber identification module by the assembly and by the telecommunication circuit according to the presence or not of a near-field communication module in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Pierre Rizzo, Alexandre Charles
  • Patent number: 8537722
    Abstract: A method of determining, by a first device capable of transmitting a two-state signal over a single-wire connection to a second device, the binary state of data transmitted by the second device over said connection, the state being determined according to the slope of a rising edge of the two-state signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Alexandre Charles, Jérôme Conraux, Alexandre Malherbe, Alexandre Tramoni