Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system configured to determine masses, weights, and/or other quantities of individual ingredients added to a food dish during preparation. At least some of the components of the system may be configured to be used in a food preparation area. The system may include a scale, a client computing device, external resources, and/or other components. The system may be configured to weigh and/or determine the mass of individual ingredients of the dish as the ingredients are added to the dish. The system may be configured to determine the individual mass and/or weight of each ingredient based on the masses and/or weights of individual ingredients previously added to the dish and/or a current mass and/or weight of the dish as a given ingredient is added.

Abstract: A method for sharing multimedia content between at least a first user and a second user using first and second telecommunications terminals, respectively, the content being associated with the second user and being stored in a database hosted by a service platform accessible via a telecommunications network.

Abstract: A method is provided to manage access to a social network from a mobile device, which has a user ID. The method is executed by a server, which manages accesses for a plurality of social networks, each social network being associated with a location and a time window. The method includes: receiving a request from the mobile device to join a social network, the request comprising at least information on the location of the mobile device and the user ID; gathering a timestamp associated with the received request; retrieving at least one social network associated with the location of the mobile device and a time window comprising the time indicated by the timestamp and registering the user ID in association to the at least one social network.

Abstract: A routing device includes means for executing a function of translation between at least one address of a first network and at least one address of a second network; means for receiving an association request from a terminal of said first network; means for generating a second request by substituting a source address in the association request by an address of the routing device in the second network; means for sending the second request to an address translation server of the second network; and means for sending said terminal, in response to said association request, a response received from said address translation server in response to sending said second request.

Abstract: A method of securing access to a near-field communication module (30) included in a terminal (10) comprising a security device (20) adapted to be blocked remotely and including a security component (32) connected to wireless communication means (33, 34). The method includes a step of storing security data in the security device (20) and a step of authentication of the security device (20) by the security component (32) of the near-field communication module (30) as a function of the security data stored in the security device (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of communicating between at least two devices, comprising in particular the following steps: a step of hooking up a first device and at least one second device, and a step of transferring a first multimedia stream from the first device to the second device, characterized in that it also comprises the following steps: a step of determining, in the course of which it is noted that the first device or a first communication network to which the first device is connected or a second network to which the second device is connected is adapted for the production or transfer of a multimedia stream comprising N channels, and that the second device comprises means for processing a multimedia stream comprising P channels, and a step of trunking a second multimedia stream to the second device, carried out in parallel with the step of transferring the first multimedia stream. The invention also relates to an associated communication system. Application to telephony or videophony over IP.

Abstract: A method is provided for managing a set of entities, each controlling a virtual environment in which user representations evolve. The method includes the following steps: monitoring at least one characteristic of each of the entities and/or at least one characteristic of a corresponding virtual environment; proposing to transfer and/or transferring at least one of the user representations from a first virtual environment to a second virtual environment, as a function of the characteristic or characteristics monitored.

Abstract: The invention is aimed at improving the quality of the filtering by transfer functions of HRTF type of signals (L, R) compressed in a transformed domain, for binaural playing on two channels (L-BIN, R-BIN), using a combination of HRTF filters (hL,L, hL,R) including a decorrelated version (HRTF-C*, HRTF-E*) of a few of these filters. For this purpose, a decorrelation cue is given with spatialization parameters (SPAT) accompanying the compressed signals (L, R). The Decorrelation comprises applying a different phase shift to each subband of the input signal combined with addition of an overall delay. The invention makes it possible to improve the broadening in the binaural rendition of audio scenes initially in a multi-channel format.

Abstract: A method for encoding and decoding a digital audio signal is provided, said method comprising the steps of: encoding a first sequence of samples of the digital signal according to a transform encoding; encoding a second sequence of samples of the digital signal according to a predictive encoding; wherein the second sequence starts before the end of the first sequence, a subsequence common to the first and second sequences being thus encoded both by predictive encoding and by transform encoding.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for connection to IP communication entities (Ex,pu,, Ey,pu) via a residential gateway (PZ). It consists in registering (A) the public identity (pu) of each connected terminal associated with the network address (z) of the residential gateway, so that any message should be addressed to said residential gateway (Pz) and in transferring (B) said message to all the IP communication entities connected to the residential gateway (Pz), thus permitting each of the latter to filter (C) the message and to determine whether the message is addressed to a public identity which is assigned thereto. The invention is applicable to IP terminals managed in accordance with SIP or H323 protocol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aquarium having a filtering function so as to facilitate the growth of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, shellfishes, and aquatic plants. According to the present invention the aquarium having a filtering function is configured to include: a porous horizontal partition wall which horizontally partitions the inner space of the aquarium into an upper growing region and a lower filtering region; and a filtering device which is disposed at a predetermined portion of the horizontal partition wall and provided with a filter so as to suction and filter water in the growing region and discharge the water to the filtering region. The water, whose pollutants are filtered using the filtering device, is allowed to move through the pores of the horizontal partition wall from the lower portion to the upper portion of a floor material, such as sand or a functional material, which is stacked on the upper surface of the horizontal partition wall.

Abstract: The audiovisual teaching apparatus (2) for demonstration purposes before a group of students has a frame (6) on which is mounted a board (4). The front surface of the board (4) includes an area (5) treated to function as a whiteboard surface on which standard dry-maker pens can be used to removably write and draw on the surface. The whiteboard surface (5) is pre-printed with a plurality of musical staves (8) and has an array of substantially parallel conductive tracks aligned with the lines and spaces of the musical staves (8). The conductive tracks are connected to sound reproduction apparatus and a hand-held wand (24), which includes a localized antenna, is adapted to select an individual line or space of the musical stave (8) so that the selected note is played by the sound reproduction apparatus.

Abstract: A method is provided for processing at least one image, comprising a representation of a first user for presentation to a second user, comprising steps for: obtaining an indication representative, either of an absence of relationship between the first and the second user, or of a relationship existing between the first and the second user; and modifying said image before presentation to the second user, in such a way that the first user is not identifiable by the second user, said modifying step being intended to be executed if it is determined, in accordance with at least one anonymization rule defined in relation to said cue, that said image need undergo such a modification.

Abstract: A method is provided for representing a material by approximating an original function modeling the interaction of the material and of light emitted by a light source, which function is defined as a function of pixels, of viewpoints, and of light directions, the method comprising: for each viewpoint, the steps of performing a polynomial approximation of the original modeling function and a geometric approximation of a residue resulting from the difference between the original modeling function and the polynomial approximation of said function; and a step of simplification by decomposing the results obtained from the two approximations into wavelet packets.

Abstract: A method for processing sound data is provided for the reconstruction of multi-channel audio data on the basis at least of data on a reduced number of channels and of spatialization data. A test is carried out to determine whether the spatialization data received are valid. If the test is positive, a spatialization value is predicted according to a per respective model of a plurality of models. A prediction model is chosen on the basis of the spatialization values thus predicted and on the basis of the spatialization data received, to permit, in case of subsequent reception of defective spatialization data, a prediction according to this chosen model of a spatialization value and to use this predicted spatialization value for the reconstruction of the multi-channel audio data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the communication of a terminal (10) with a server (14), the terminal including an application and computer software capable of communicating with the server (14). The method comprises: the step of sending (42) a request (RLoc) by the application (26) to the software (34), and the step of obtaining (44) by the software (34) and from the application (26) data (DAutor) necessary for the software (34) to communicate with the server (14) so that the request can be executed. This method enables access to GPS assistance servers to be limited only to users who have paid the localization service to the owner operator of the localization assistance server.

Abstract: A method for notifying a call involving a terminal connected to a domestic gateway, the setting up of the call involving the passage of a signaling flow through the domestic gateway, the method comprising a step of receiving a message signaling acceptance of the call, comprising the steps of: determining at least one terminal connected to the domestic gateway and not being involved in the call, and sending a call-in-progress notification message to the at least one terminal.

Abstract: A transmission method and device are provided for taking account of an echo. The method and the device adapt the send power mask to take account of an echo's power estimated on the basis of an echo function, the echo being due to the transmission by a transmission channel of a sequence sent by the sender device.

Abstract: A subscription to a service provided in a communication network is managed by a first terminal. The communication network includes a second terminal, and the service includes transmission of digital information. An access is capable of obtaining a maximum rising throughput value allocated to the first terminal and a descending throughput value allocated to the second terminal. On the access of the network, an access request is received for subscribing the second terminal to the service provided by the first terminal. Then, a decision about access to or refusal of subscription of the second terminal is made on the basis of the maximum rising throughput value allocated to the first terminal and on the basis of the descending throughput value allocated to the second terminal. And finally, a response indicating the decision is sent.

Abstract: A game device includes a lottery unit to decide stop positions of spinning slot reels of a first reel group displayed on a display and select a type of battle action among plural types of battle action, with reference to the stop positions. The device includes a decision unit configured to decide the selected type of battle action as a battle action by a player character. Each type of battle action has an attribution associated with a set of symbols of the slot reels at the stop positions. The plural types of battle action include a first type of battle action having a first attribution to attack an enemy character and a second type of battle action having a second attribution different from the first attribution. The device includes a determination unit configured to decrease hit points of the enemy character and the player character.