Patents by Inventor Bruno Bonnin

Bruno Bonnin 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 selecting a coding format in a terminal of a communications system
    Publication number: 20030156568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of selecting multimedia data coding formats in a communications system having at least two terminals suitable for exchanging multimedia data. Each terminal has a set of coding formats listing the formats which it is capable of processing in reception and formats which it is capable of applying to multimedia data in transmission. Prior to any exchange of data between two terminals, each terminal sends its set of coding formats to the other terminal via a server. According to the invention, the server is connected to code format conversion means and, where necessary, it enlarges each set of coding formats received from a terminal as a function of the conversion means available to it, prior to forwarding the possibly enlarged set to the other terminal. In this way, the coding and decoding abilities of terminals in the system are enriched virtually, thereby reducing the number of calls that fail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Frederic Reich, Alban Couturier, Philippe Dauchy, Patricia Reymond, Bruno Bonnin, Alberto Conte, Francois-Xavier Guitton, Pierre Massart