Patents by Inventor Michel Fropier

Michel Fropier 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).

  • Method of changing the supervisor program installed in a receiver station for receiving a radio beam, a corresponding receiver station, and a corresponding radio data-transmission system
    Patent number: 6018645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of changing the supervisor program installed in a receiver station (11) for receiving a radio beam (12) in a supervisory network, said method consisting in replacing instructions in a current supervisor program of said receiver station (11) with instructions of a new supervisor program on the basis of which said receiver station (11) is to operate, said radio beam (12) carrying at least one service path in addition to a main path. According to the invention, the method consists in conveying the instructions of the new supervisor program to said receiver station (11) via said service path. The invention also relates to a receiver station making it possible to implement such a method of changing the supervisor program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Alcatel Telspace
    Inventors: Veronique Spatz, Michel Fropier, Nicolas Chastel