Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc KOLLER

Jean-Marc KOLLER 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: 11974250
    Abstract: A method for keeping a first user and a second user continuously informed of each other's emotional state, includes: pairing a first connected watch (2a) of the first user with a second connected watch (2b) of the second user; receiving by the second connected watch (2b) an emotional notification comprising a graphical representation relating to an emotional state of the first user; and displaying on a watch face of the second connected watch (2b), constituted of first and second regions, of the graphical representation on this first region, and indicating a current time in this second region. The first region occupies a display area of a display of the second connected watch (2b). Displaying includes dynamically positioning the graphical representation in the first region by avoiding an overlapping between this graphical representation and at least one graphical object in this first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SWATCH AG
    Inventors: Yann Verdon, Andrea Rossi, Selim Salame, Jean-Marc Koller, Edoardo Franzi
  • Patent number: 11930353
    Abstract: In a method for monitoring or tracking between mobile devices of a same group, mobile devices broadcast messages in broadcast mode over a radio interface in compliance with a short-range digital communication protocol. The messages can be received by all other mobile devices in the vicinity and can communicate according to the protocol. The messages include encrypted data encrypted using at least one identifier of the emitter device and a seed intended for single use or having a short period of validity. The encrypted data can only be decrypted by a limited group of devices. The mobile devices receive messages broadcast by other devices and decrypt the messages intended for a group to which they belong. If the protocol provides that the message includes an address field of the emitter device, this field is filled with a randomised address intended for single use or having a short period of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Tissot SA
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Koller
  • Patent number: 11747768
    Abstract: A smartwatch including a first screen cooperating with a first display management device of said smartwatch contributing to broadcasting information pertaining to functions provided by the smartwatch and a second screen that is separate from the first screen cooperating with a second display management device of the smartwatch contributing to broadcasting information concerning all or part of a visual message pertaining to a visual and/or audio animation occurring within an environment wherein the smartwatch is located, the information being transmitted from a display control server controlling the second display management device of the smartwatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Tissot SA
    Inventors: Edoardo Franzi, Jean-Marc Koller
  • Publication number: 20230199710
    Abstract: A method for keeping a first user and a second user continuously informed of each other's emotional state is provided. The method includes: pairing a first connected watch of the first user with a second connected watch of the second user; receiving, by the second connected watch, an emotional notification comprising a graphical representation relating to an emotional state of the first user; and displaying the graphical representation on a first region of a watch face of the second connected watch, and indicating a current time in a second region of the watch face, wherein the first region occupies a display area of a display of the second connected watch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SWATCH AG
    Inventors: Yann VERDON, Andrea Rossi, Selim Salame, Jean-Marc Koller, Edoardo Franzi
  • Publication number: 20230199711
    Abstract: A method for keeping a first user and a second user continuously informed of each other's emotional state, includes: pairing a first connected watch (2a) of the first user with a second connected watch (2b) of the second user; receiving by the second connected watch (2b) an emotional notification comprising a graphical representation relating to an emotional state of the first user; and displaying on a watch face of the second connected watch (2b), constituted of first and second regions, of the graphical representation on this first region, and indicating a current time in this second region. The first region occupies a display area of a display of the second connected watch (2b). Displaying includes dynamically positioning the graphical representation in the first region by avoiding an overlapping between this graphical representation and at least one graphical object in this first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SWATCH AG
    Inventors: Yann Verdon, Andrea ROSSI, Selim SALAME, Jean-Marc KOLLER, Edoardo FRANZI
  • Patent number: 11650545
    Abstract: An analogue information display system for a watch provided with a mechanical movement includes a display dial including a plurality of apertures, a moving display part supporting graphical representations, disposed in such a way that the graphical representations supported thereby appear in the plurality of apertures in order to generate the information, and an indicator member configured so as to designate a piece of information generated in an aperture to be notified to the wearer of the watch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Tissot SA
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Koller
  • Publication number: 20220390905
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing a display interface formed of a plurality of display screens (3) of smartwatches (1) worn on parts of the body of users, which parts are capable of moving or are moving, said watches (1) being located in proximity of one another, the method comprising the following steps: estimating (10) at least one broadcasting property of each display screen (3) in said display interface which they form together, and managing the display (15) of a visual message on said display interface comprising a substep (18) of generating portions of said visual message as a function of measurement data relating to at least one broadcasting property, each portion being intended to be displayed on the screen (3) of each smartwatch (1); broadcasting (19) portions of said message on each screen (3) constituting this display interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Tissot SA
    Inventors: Edoardo FRANZI, Jean-Marc KOLLER
  • Publication number: 20220053322
    Abstract: In a method for monitoring or tracking between mobile devices of a same group, mobile devices broadcast messages in broadcast mode over a radio interface in compliance with a short-range digital communication protocol. The messages can be received by all other mobile devices in the vicinity and can communicate according to the protocol. The messages include encrypted data encrypted using at least one identifier of the emitter device and a seed intended for single use or having a short period of validity. The encrypted data can only be decrypted by a limited group of devices. The mobile devices receive messages broadcast by other devices and decrypt the messages intended for a group to which they belong. If the protocol provides that the message includes an address field of the emitter device, this field is filled with a randomised address intended for single use or having a short period of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: TissotSA
    Inventor: Jean-Marc KOLLER
  • Publication number: 20210141345
    Abstract: A smartwatch including a first screen cooperating with a first display management device of said smartwatch contributing to broadcasting information pertaining to functions provided by the smartwatch and a second screen that is separate from the first screen cooperating with a second display management device of the smartwatch contributing to broadcasting information concerning all or part of a visual message pertaining to a visual and/or audio animation occurring within an environment wherein the smartwatch is located, the information being transmitted from a display control server controlling the second display management device of the smartwatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Tissot SA
    Inventors: Edoardo Franzi, Jean-Marc Koller
  • Publication number: 20200150594
    Abstract: An analogue information display system for a watch provided with a mechanical movement includes a display dial including a plurality of apertures, a moving display part supporting graphical representations, disposed in such a way that the graphical representations supported thereby appear in the plurality of apertures in order to generate the information, and an indicator member configured so as to designate a piece of information generated in an aperture to be notified to the wearer of the watch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Tissot SA
    Inventor: Jean-Marc KOLLER