Patents by Inventor Gilles Gallou

Gilles Gallou 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).

  • Data requesting and transmitting devices and processes
    Patent number: 9191702
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a data requesting device enabling flexible obtaining of data, notably AV (Audio/Video) data, with possibly limited required resources in terms of processing, memory and storing, included from a remote server through a WAN. The requesting device of the invention may notably allow to pause and retrieve a movie being played from such a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Gilles Gallou, Angelo Mazzante, Henk Heijnen
  • Data requesting and transmitting devices and processes
    Patent number: 7877439
    Abstract: It relates notably to a data requesting device from a data server, comprising means for sending requests of determined data to the server, means for receiving streamed data from that server and for providing said data to processing means, and means for producing pause control signals, intended for pausing data streaming, and for triggering their sending to the server. The requesting device comprises means for generating normal state signals, intended to the server for testifying normal operation at the requesting device, and for triggering periodic transmission of those signals to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Gilles Gallou, Angelo Mazzante, Henk Heijnen
  • Data requesting and transmitting devices and processes
    Publication number: 20070143490
    Abstract: It relates notably to a data requesting device from a data server, comprising means for sending requests of determined data to the server, means for receiving streamed data from that server and for providing said data to processing means, and means for producing pause control signals, intended for pausing data streaming, and for triggering their sending to the server. The requesting device comprises means for generating normal state signals, intended to the server for testifying normal operation at the requesting device, and for triggering periodic transmission of those signals to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Gilles Gallou, Angelo Mazzante, Henk Heijnen
  • Data requesting and transmitting devices and processes
    Publication number: 20060271982
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a data requesting device enabling flexible obtaining of data, notably AV (Audio/Video) data, with possibly limited required resources in terms of processing, memory and storing, included from a remote server through a WAN. The requesting device of the invention may notably allow to pause and retrieve a movie being played from such a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Gilles Gallou, Angelo Mazzante, Henk Heijnen