Patents by Inventor Arnaud Thomas

Arnaud Thomas 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 powering up a portable terminal and avoiding undesirable powering up
    Patent number: 7882374
    Abstract: A method of powering up a portable terminal, which automatically executes a software program when powered on, the terminal having a manually operated power-up key, wherein the method comprises the step of: a) at the beginning, moving (in 32) the key from an idle position in which the terminal is powered off to an active position in which the terminal is powered up, then b) before a first predetermined time interval (?1) has elapsed since the beginning of step a), starting (in 36) to run the software program on the terminal, the first time interval being long enough to check that the key has not been inadvertently moved, then c) when the first time interval elapsed, if the key is still in the active position, continuing (in 42) to run the software program, else powering down the terminal (in 40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventor: Arnaud Thomas
  • METHOD OF POWERING UP A TERMINAL, MEMORY AND TERMINAL THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090044001
    Abstract: A method of powering up a portable terminal, which automatically executes a software program when powered on, the terminal having a manually operated power-up key, wherein the method comprises the step of: a) at the beginning, moving (in 32) the key from an idle position in which the terminal is powered off to an active position in which the terminal is powered up, then b) before a first predetermined time interval (?1) has elapsed since the beginning of step a), starting (in 36) to run the software program on the terminal, the first time interval being long enough to check that the key has not been inadvertently moved, then c) when the first time interval elapsed, if the key is still in the active position, continuing (in 42) to run the software program, else powering down the terminal (in 40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Arnaud Thomas