Patents by Inventor Constantin Socol

Constantin Socol 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: 9628149
    Abstract: Communication device (T1) comprising—An antenna (A1) and physical circuitry (PHY) for receiving a poll command (PC) from a second communication device (T2).—A plurality of entities (D1, D2, D3 . . . Dn) emulating NFC devices,—An arrangement for deciding, for each entity of said plurality of entities, if a response should be sent and if so sending a response (LF1, LF2, LF3 . . . LFn) to said second communication device (T2), containing information related to the respective NFC device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Optis Circuit Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Constantin Socol, Frederic Goffin, Guillaume Jaunet, Amit Jhawar
  • Patent number: 9615196
    Abstract: A NFC tag includes an NFC controller, with a secure element coupled to the NFC controller. The secure element is to send first configuration data to the NFC controller and not second configuration data. The first configuration data comprises data to be used by the NFC controller to generate responses to initial polling and anti-collision commands from an external NFC device and not data to be used by the NFC controller in processing a command from the external NFC device involving the use of an upper layer protocol. The second configuration data comprises data to be used by the NFC controller in processing a command involving the use of an upper layer protocol from the external NFC device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventors: Constantin Socol, Daniel Orsatti
  • Publication number: 20160261973
    Abstract: A NFC tag includes an NFC controller, with a secure element coupled to the NFC controller. The secure element is to send first configuration data to the NFC controller and not second configuration data. The first configuration data comprises data to be used by the NFC controller to generate responses to initial polling and anti-collision commands from an external NFC device and not data to be used by the NFC controller in processing a command from the external NFC device involving the use of an upper layer protocol. The second configuration data comprises data to be used by the NFC controller in processing a command involving the use of an upper layer protocol from the external NFC device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventors: Constantin Socol, Daniel Orsatti
  • Patent number: 9413427
    Abstract: A method in a signal generating unit, SGU, generates a signal to be used in a Near-Field Communication, NFC, reader. The SGU is configured to communicate with an NFC controller unit, NFC-CU, and with an NFC-Wired Interface unit, NFC-WIU. The NFC-CU and the SGU are included in an NFC device, and the NFC-WIU is connected to the NFC device. The SGU receives a first signal that includes data encoding information indicating a first unique identifier supported by the NFC-CU, from the NFC-CU, and a second signal that includes data encoding information indicating a second unique identifier supported by the NFC-WIU, from the NFC-WIU. The SGU generates a third signal to be used in the NFC reader to generate a collision sequence, based on the first signal and the second signal. An SGU configured to perform the method, and a NFC device that includes the SGU are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Constantin Socol, Sorin Adrian Badiu, Frederic Goffin
  • Publication number: 20150162954
    Abstract: A method in a signal generating unit (422) for generating a signal to be used in a Near-Field Communication, NFC, reader (200) is provided. The signal generating unit (422) is comprised in an NFC device (400) and configured to communicate with an NFC controller unit (421) and an NFC-Wired Interface unit (300), The NFC controller unit (421) is comprised in the NFC device (400). The NFC-Wired interface unit (300) is connected to the NFC device (400). The signal generating unit (422) receives a first signal from the NFC controller unit (421), which first signal comprises data encoding information indicating a first unique identifier that is supported by the NFC controller unit (421). Also, the signal generating unit (422) receives a second signal from the NFC-Wired Interface unit (300), which second signal comprises data encoding information indicating a second unique identifier that is supported by the NFC-Wired Interface unit (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Constantin Socol, Sorin Adrian Badiu, Frederic Goffin
  • Publication number: 20150126111
    Abstract: Communication device (T1) comprising—An antenna (A1) and physical circuitry (PHY) for receiving a poll command (PC) from a second communication device (T2).—A plurality of entities (D1, D2, D3 . . . Dn) emulating NFC devices,—An arrangement for deciding, for each entity of said plurality of entities, if a response should be sent and if so sending a response (LF1, LF2, LF3 . . . LFn) to said second communication device (T2), containing information related to the respective NFC device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Constantin Socol, Frederic Goffin, Guillaume Jaunet, Amit Jhawar
  • Patent number: 7340554
    Abstract: An embedded host controller, for use in a USB system comprising a processor and an associated system memory, comprises a DMA controller, and the host controller is adapted such that, in order to retrieve data from the associated system memory, a starting address and block length are sent to the DMA controller, and the DMA controller is adapted such that, on receipt of a starting address and block length sent from the host controller, it retrieves the indicated data from the associated system memory. This has the advantage that the embedded host controller can be used with different host microprocessors, without assuming that PCI functionality is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Chee Ee Lee, Constantin Socol, Jerome Tjia
  • Publication number: 20070028011
    Abstract: An embedded host controller, for use in a USB system comprising a processor and an associated system memory, comprises a DMA controller, and the host controller is adapted such that, in order to retrieve data from the associated system memory, a starting address and block length are sent to the DMA controller, and the DMA controller is adapted such that, on receipt of a starting address and block length sent from the host controller, it retrieves the indicated data from the associated system memory. This has the advantage that the embedded host controller can be used with different host microprocessors, without assuming that PCI functionality is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Chee Lee, Constantin Socol, Jerome Tjia