Patents by Inventor Eric Beaufils

Eric Beaufils 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: 11445064
    Abstract: A method for establishing a second communication according to a second modality on based on a first communication established according to a first modality between a communication terminal and an interactive server, the server reacting, according to a predefined logic, to commands received from the terminal, the logic being predefined by states and by conditions of transitions between the states. The method includes the server: obtaining a command for establishing a second communication according to a second modality; storing a context representative of interactions taken place between the terminal and the server in the course of the first communication in association with a public identity, the context including a state occupied by the server in the course of the first communication; establishing the second communication according to the second modality toward a recipient terminal designated by the stored public identity; and configuring the second communication based on the stored context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Francois Toutain, Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Patent number: 11223585
    Abstract: A method for organizing a plurality of messages from an instant messaging conversation between a terminal and a conversational agent in which a message includes a grouping identifier. The method includes, when a new message is exchanged, selecting, from the messages of the conversation, at least one message having a grouping identifier that corresponds to the grouping identifier of the exchanged message, and when at least one message is selected, modifying at least one display area on the screen of the terminal corresponding to at least one of the selected messages, according to at least one characteristic of the exchanged message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Eric Beaufils, Nathalie Begoc Becam
  • Patent number: 11115352
    Abstract: A method for interaction between a mobile terminal and a communicating automaton machine. The communicating automaton machine includes a conversational agent capable of exchanging messages with the terminal by using a first communication interface. The method includes obtaining a piece of information according to which the communicating automaton machine is in the vicinity of the terminal; inserting, in an address book of the terminal, an entry relating to the communicating automaton machine including at least the piece of information obtained; and sending at least one message capable of initializing an interaction between the terminal and the communicating automaton machine when the inserted address book entry is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Eric Beaufils, Nathalie Begoc Becam
  • Patent number: 10887264
    Abstract: A method of playback on a terminal of a plurality of messages exchanged by way of a communication network between the terminal and a conversational agent. The method includes obtaining an identifier of the conversational agent; obtaining, as a function of the identifier obtained, at least one playback rule for the messages exchanged; and implementing the at least one playback rule when a message is sent or received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Eric Beaufils
  • Publication number: 20200396334
    Abstract: A method for establishing a second communication according to a second modality on based on a first communication established according to a first modality between a communication terminal and an interactive server, the server reacting, according to a predefined logic, to commands received from the terminal, the logic being predefined by states and by conditions of transitions between the states. The method includes the server: obtaining a command for establishing a second communication according to a second modality; storing a context representative of interactions taken place between the terminal and the server in the course of the first communication in association with a public identity, the context including a state occupied by the server in the course of the first communication; establishing the second communication according to the second modality toward a recipient terminal designated by the stored public identity; and configuring the second communication based on the stored context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Francois Toutain, Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Patent number: 10834067
    Abstract: A method enabling a telecommunications terminal to access a database hosted by a service platform that can be accessed via a telecommunications network. The method includes: transmitting, to a second terminal associated with a mobile identifier of a second telecommunications network, information representing a request for the first terminal to access the database; in the second terminal, sending a response to the access request to an authentication server of the platform; in the authentication server, when a response to the access request is received, verifying the mobile identifier of the second network, and optionally validating the access of the first terminal to the database depending on the outcome of the verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Patent number: 10798036
    Abstract: One embodiment disclosed herein relates to a method for exchanging multimedia messages between a first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal that are connected to a communication network, the method comprising the implementation, by a processor of the first terminal, of a process comprising receiving, from the network, a first multimedia message transmitted by the second terminal, the first multimedia message including at least one media item, restoring and modifying the media item in a user interface depending on the actions of a user, and sending a second multimedia message including the modified media to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils, Violaine Mercier
  • Publication number: 20200118134
    Abstract: A method of checking validity of a remote payment interface on a terminal. This method is such that, during a payment transaction between a user and a remote payment site, it includes: receiving at least one historical datum in respect of the transaction between the user and the payment site; dispatching a code for validating the transaction as a function of the at least one historical datum. Correlatively, provided are: a method for dispatching data for validating a payment site; a checking device; and a payment server implementing these respective methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Beaufils, Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain
  • Publication number: 20200021548
    Abstract: A method of playback on a terminal of a plurality of messages exchanged by way of a communication network between the terminal and a conversational agent. The method includes obtaining an identifier of the conversational agent; obtaining, as a function of the identifier obtained, at least one playback rule for the messages exchanged; and implementing the at least one playback rule when a message is sent or received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Eric Beaufils
  • Publication number: 20190394145
    Abstract: A method for interaction between a mobile terminal and a communicating automaton machine. The communicating automaton machine includes a conversational agent capable of exchanging messages with the terminal by using a first communication interface. The method includes obtaining a piece of information according to which the communicating automaton machine is in the vicinity of the terminal; inserting, in an address book of the terminal, an entry relating to the communicating automaton machine including at least the piece of information obtained; and sending at least one message capable of initializing an interaction between the terminal and the communicating automaton machine when the inserted address book entry is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Eric Beaufils, Nathalie Begoc Becam
  • Publication number: 20190334844
    Abstract: A method for organizing a plurality of messages from an instant messaging conversation between a terminal and a conversational agent in which a message includes a grouping identifier. The method includes, when a new message is exchanged, selecting, from the messages of the conversation, at least one message having a grouping identifier that corresponds to the grouping identifier of the exchanged message, and when at least one message is selected, modifying at least one display area on the screen of the terminal corresponding to at least one of the selected messages, according to at least one characteristic of the exchanged message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Eric Beaufils, Nathalie Begoc Becam
  • Patent number: 10284663
    Abstract: This information collection module implemented in a first telecommunications terminal comprises means for obtaining non-declarative information representative of usage of at least one first application of said first terminal; and means for communicating said non-declarative usage information to a presence server accessible by a second terminal in order to determine a presence status associated with at least one second application of said first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Publication number: 20180324169
    Abstract: A method enabling a telecommunications terminal to access a database hosted by a service platform that can be accessed via a telecommunications network. The method includes: transmitting, to a second terminal associated with a mobile identifier of a second telecommunications network, information representing a request for the first terminal to access the database; in the second terminal, sending a response to the access request to an authentication server of the platform; in the authentication server, when a response to the access request is received, verifying the mobile identifier of the second network, and optionally validating the access of the first terminal to the database depending on the outcome of the verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Patent number: 10027642
    Abstract: A method enabling a telecommunications terminal to access a database hosted by a service platform that can be accessed via a telecommunications network. The method includes: transmitting, to a second terminal associated with a mobile identifier of a second telecommunications network, information representing a request for the first terminal to access the database; in the second terminal, sending a response to the access request to an authentication server of the platform; in the authentication server, when a response to the access request is received, verifying the mobile identifier of the second network, and optionally validating the access of the first terminal to the database depending on the outcome of the verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Publication number: 20170318153
    Abstract: A communication method between a terminal transmitting a communication request and a receiving terminal is disclosed. The method includes the receiving terminal receiving the communication request, the communication request including a proposed communication mode for the requested communication. After a user interaction carried out on the receiving terminal indicating the selection of another communication mode different from the proposed communication mode, an acceptance message is sent to the transmitting terminal, the acceptance message including the other selected communication mode. After sending the acceptance message, the display of a display device associated with the receiving terminal is modified such that a communication interface relative to said other communication mode is displayed. Communication between the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal then occurs according to the other communication mode, via the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Nathalie Begoc Becam, Eric Beaufils, Francois Toutain
  • Publication number: 20160080297
    Abstract: One embodiment disclosed herein relates to a method for exchanging multimedia messages between a first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal that are connected to a communication network, the method comprising the implementation, by a processor of the first terminal, of a process comprising receiving, from the network, a first multimedia message transmitted by the second terminal, the first multimedia message including at least one media item, restoring and modifying the media item in a user interface depending on the actions of a user, and sending a second multimedia message including the modified media to the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils, Violaine Mercier
  • Patent number: 8929527
    Abstract: A method is provided for allowing an exchange of context information within a group of users sharing one and the same identifier. The method includes transmitting information between at least one first terminal and a second terminal associated with a common identifier. The method includes a step of sending by the first terminal a notification of state intended at least for the second terminal and carrying an item of information relating to the context in which a user of the first terminal finds himself. The method allows members of a community of users, which is identified by a unique telephone number, to avail themselves of context information relating to the other members of the community at any moment, and in particular at the precise moment at which a setup request for establishing a communication is presented to them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Publication number: 20140366099
    Abstract: A method enabling a telecommunications terminal to access a database hosted by a service platform that can be accessed via a telecommunications network. The method includes: transmitting, to a second terminal associated with a mobile identifier of a second telecommunications network, information representing a request for the first terminal to access the database; in the second terminal, sending a response to the access request to an authentication server of the platform; in the authentication server, when a response to the access request is received, verifying the mobile identifier of the second network, and optionally validating the access of the first terminal to the database depending on the outcome of the verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Publication number: 20130322611
    Abstract: A method is provided for allowing an exchange of context information within a group of users sharing one and the same identifier. The method includes transmitting information between at least one first terminal and a second terminal associated with a common identifier. The method includes a step of sending by the first terminal a notification of state intended at least for the second terminal and carrying an item of information relating to the context in which a user of the first terminal finds himself. The method allows members of a community of users, which is identified by a unique telephone number, to avail themselves of context information relating to the other members of the community at any moment, and in particular at the precise moment at which a setup request for establishing a communication is presented to them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: FRANCE TELECOM
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Eric Beaufils
  • Publication number: 20120077458
    Abstract: This information collection module implemented in a first telecommunications terminal comprises means for obtaining non-declarative information representative of usage of at least one first application of said first terminal; and means for communicating said non-declarative usage information to a presence server accessible by a second terminal in order to determine a presence status associated with at least one second application of said first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: France Telecom
    Inventors: Emmanuel LE HUEROU, Eric Beaufils