Patents by Inventor Antoine Boucher
Antoine Boucher 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).
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Patent number: 11677683Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Publication number: 20220263773Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Patent number: 11349779Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Publication number: 20200336438Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Patent number: 10735347Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCInventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Patent number: 9494206Abstract: A vibration damping insert configured to seat within a cell of a cellular structure and to span the cell cavity. The insert comprises a first portion formed of a first material and a second portion formed of a second material having lower stiffness than the first material. The first portion is arranged to constrain deformation of the second portion to be in a predetermined direction. The invention also comprises a vibration damping body comprising a cellular structure formed of a plurality of tessellating cells and a vibration damping insert as described. The vibration damping insert is mounted in at least one of the cells in the cellular structure. The invention also comprises a method of manufacturing a vibration damping body.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Ramesh Rajasekaran, Marc-Antoine Boucher, Chrisopher W. Smith, Fabrizio Scarpa, Kenneth E. Evans
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Patent number: 8909955Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a peripheral device and a method of identifying the peripheral device via power cycling. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining characteristic information about the peripheral device, encoding the characteristic information in a power signal at the peripheral device and sending the power signal to an electronic device that is operably connected with the peripheral device. The electronic device can then take action such as adjusting its settings or applications based on the characteristic information of the peripheral device.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Ahmed Abdelsamie, Antoine Boucher, Marc Élis Meunier, Sushil K. Verma, John Ivan Scharkov
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Publication number: 20130264757Abstract: A vibration damping insert configured to seat within a cell of a cellular structure and to span the cell cavity. The insert comprises a first portion formed of a first material and a second portion formed of a second material having lower stiffness than the first material. The first portion is arranged to constrain deformation of the second portion to be in a predetermined direction. The invention also comprises a vibration damping body comprising a cellular structure formed of a plurality of tessellating cells and a vibration damping insert as described. The vibration damping insert is mounted in at least one of the cells in the cellular structure. The invention also comprises a method of manufacturing a vibration damping body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Ramesh RAJASEKARAN, Marc-Antoine BOUCHER, Chrisopher W. SMITH, Fabrizio SCARPA, Kenneth E. EVANS
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Publication number: 20130013938Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a peripheral device and a method of identifying the peripheral device via power cycling. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining characteristic information about the peripheral device, encoding the characteristic information in a power signal at the peripheral device and sending the power signal to an electronic device that is operably connected with the peripheral device. The electronic device can then take action such as adjusting its settings or applications based on the characteristic information of the peripheral device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Ahmed Abdelsamie, Antoine Boucher, Marc Élis Meunier, Sushil K. Verma, John Ivan Scharkov
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Patent number: 8352639Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of device selection using sensory input and portable electronic device configured for same. In accordance with one example embodiment, there is provided a method for use in a portable electronic device for selecting a peripheral device for connection with the portable electronic device, comprising: measuring a magnetic field within the vicinity of the portable electronic device; determining a relative location of at least two available peripheral devices in accordance with magnetic fields uniquely associated with the at least two available peripheral devices; selecting a peripheral device from the at least two available peripheral devices in accordance with the measured magnetic field; and connecting the portable electronic device to the selected peripheral device using a wireless communications path.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Jeffrey Alton Hugh Dods, Nazih Almalki, Sean Bartholomew Simmons, Antoine Boucher
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Publication number: 20120284427Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of device selection using sensory input and portable electronic device configured for same. In accordance with one example embodiment, there is provided a method for use in a portable electronic device for selecting a peripheral device for connection with the portable electronic device, comprising: measuring a magnetic field within the vicinity of the portable electronic device; determining a relative location of at least two available peripheral devices in accordance with magnetic fields uniquely associated with the at least two available peripheral devices; selecting a peripheral device from the at least two available peripheral devices in accordance with the measured magnetic field; and connecting the portable electronic device to the selected peripheral device using a wireless communications path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Jeffrey Alton Hugh Dods, Nazih Almalki, Sean Bartholomew Simmons, Antoine Boucher
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Publication number: 20120278816Abstract: An apparatus, and an associated method, forms a media play-out list of media, selected from a media database. A temporal indication is provided, and an estimated event is estimated based upon the temporal information. Indication of the estimated event is correlated with metadata of media stored at the media database. Media corresponding to metadata that correlates well with the estimated event is amenable for inclusion in the media play-out list.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: John Michael Agar, Antoine Boucher
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Publication number: 20120224501Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: TVWORKS, LLCInventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Patent number: 8201205Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: TVWorks, LLCInventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Patent number: 7577703Abstract: A store and forward (S&F) architecture is provided that supports multiple applications within an extensible network to direct information of various formats to any of multiple destinations. In the presently preferred embodiment of the invention, Java applications running on a client send non-priority data to any server on the application network or, alternatively, anywhere on a global telecommunications network such as the Internet, at some time in the future. In the preferred embodiment, S&F allows a client application to send usage statistics to a database on the application network. It also enables T-commerce purchases to be made by the user, where the purchase and other relevant information is sent to a destination web server as if the purchase had taken place on the web via a full web browser on an Internet-connected PC.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: TVWorks, LLCInventors: Antoine Boucher, Peter Coumans, Peter Scheyen, Brent Elphick, Vasanthan Gunaratnam, Allan Lodberg
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Patent number: 7536705Abstract: A data storage, multiplexing, and distribution method is provided for use in a digital data distribution system. The system provides simultaneous transmission of a plurality of uniquely identified, independent data streams within an assigned channel bandwidth of local, metropolitan and wide area distribution media. The independent data streams can include presentations specifically requested by the receiving user. Upon request from some number of users from their premises, the system assembles a combination of optional image elements such as motion and still frame video, background and descriptive audio, text and graphical overlays into presentation data streams appropriate to the user requests. Individual data streams are multiplexed within a higher bandwidth data stream for simultaneous delivery within the bandwidth assigned for this data transmission. The techniques unique to the system, in regard to storage, timing and synchronization, can be implemented using techniques described within the MPEG profile.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1999Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: TVWorks, LLCInventors: Antoine Boucher, James Lee Fischer, Allan Erik Lodberg
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Publication number: 20060212917Abstract: A system and method for managing bandwidth of an upstream communications channel in a communications system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Antoine Boucher, Allan Lodberg
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Publication number: 20060101153Abstract: A store and forward (S&F) architecture is provided that supports multiple applications within an extensible network to direct information of various formats to any of multiple destinations. In the presently preferred embodiment of the invention, Java applications running on a client send non-priority data to any server on the application network or, alternatively, anywhere on a global telecommunications network such as the Internet, at some time in the future. In the preferred embodiment, S&F allows a client application to send usage statistics to a database on the application network. It also enables T-commerce purchases to be made by the user, where the purchase and other relevant information is sent to a destination web server as if the purchase had taken place on the web via a full web browser on an Internet-connected PC.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Antoine Boucher, Peter Coumans, Peter Scheyen, Brent Elphick, Vasanthan Gunaratnam, Allan Lodberg
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Patent number: 6745368Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide increased speed and decreased computer processing for playing and navigating multimedia content by using two types of data objects for displaying the multimedia content. The first data object type includes rendered multimedia content data. The second data object type provides semantic content corresponding to the rendered multimedia content. The storage medium in which these two types of data objects are contained is referred to as a rendered cache. The semantic content can include locations, sizes, shapes, and target universal resource identifiers of hyperlinks, multimedia element timing, and other content play instructions. The very fast play of content stored in the rendered cache is due to the elimination of the steps of laying out the content, rendering the content, and generating the semantic representation of the content. These steps are required each time the content is played after retrieval from a conventional cache.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1999Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Liberate TechnologiesInventors: Antoine Boucher, Paul E. McRae, Peter G. N. Scheyen
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Patent number: 6725421Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide increased speed and decreased computer processing for playing and navigating multimedia content by using two types of data objects for displaying the multimedia content. The first data object type includes rendered multimedia content data for a rendered cache, or rendering instructions for a paint stream cache or a layout cache. The paint stream cache and layout cache can take advantage of increased client processing capabilities. The second data object type provides semantic content corresponding to the rendered multimedia content. The storage medium in which these two types of data objects are contained is referred to as a rendered cache. The semantic content can include locations, sizes, shapes, and target universal resource identifiers of hyperlinks, multimedia element timing, and other content play instructions.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1999Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Liberate TechnologiesInventors: Antoine Boucher, Paul E. McRae, Peter G. N. Scheyen