Patents by Inventor Annick Seghers

Annick Seghers 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: 5909485
    Abstract: To limit the risk of unpaid telephone calls to be set up from a predetermined terminal via a switched telephone network, a prepayment for consumption of such calls comprises setting up a call from any terminal to a prepayment server via the switched telephone network in order to transmit a message identifying the predetermined terminal to the prepayment server; responsive to identification of the predetermined terminal, requesting from the calling terminal prepayment of telephone call consumption to the prepayment server; and, if the prepayment request is accepted by the prepayment server, paying an amount transmitted from the calling terminal so that the payment server increments a consumption count associated with the predetermined terminal. The predetermined terminal and any terminal can be one and the same mobile phone terminal connected to the switched telephone network via a mobile phone network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Daniel Martin, Christian Grezes, Annick Seghers