Patents by Inventor Christophe Demottie

Christophe Demottie 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).

  • Managing application failures in a system of domestic appliances
    Patent number: 9709981
    Abstract: A method of managing a system provides a minimum service in the system. The system includes a set of pieces of equipment including data-gathering equipment and/or equipment that is to be controlled, the pieces of equipment being connected to a management module via respective first communications links. The management module is suitable for determining a control command as a function of data received from at least one piece of data-gathering equipment via a first communications link and for transmitting the control command to at least one piece of equipment that is to be controlled. The method is adapted to detect an absence of application signaling activity from the management module over a predetermined time period and to trigger a minimum service by sending an alert message to at least one piece of equipment of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Fabrice Blache, Christophe Demottie, Patricia Martigne
  • MANAGING APPLICATION FAILURES IN A SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20130187750
    Abstract: A method of managing a system provides a minimum service in the system. The system includes a set of pieces of equipment including data-gathering equipment and/or equipment that is to be controlled, the pieces of equipment being connected to a management module via respective first communications links. The management module is suitable for determining a control command as a function of data received from at least one piece of data-gathering equipment via a first communications link and for transmitting the control command to at least one piece of equipment that is to be controlled. The method is adapted to detect an absence of application signaling activity from the management module over a predetermined time period and to trigger a minimum service by sending an alert message to at least one piece of equipment of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: FRANCE TELECOM
    Inventors: Fabrice Blache, Christophe Demottie, Patricia Martigne