Patents by Inventor Florence Germain

Florence Germain 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).

  • Confidential transmission of data by change of frequency in a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 8121141
    Abstract: Data is transmitted by a first terminal (11) to a second terminal (12) in a telecommunications network (10) in a plurality of sets of data packets. In the first and second terminals, as a function of a selection rule common to the first and second terminals, transmission frequencies are selected from transmission frequencies in a secret list of transmission frequencies that is common to the first and second terminals. Next, the sets of data packets are transmitted (15, 16) from the first terminal to the second terminal at respective selected transmission frequencies. The common list of transmission frequencies is allocated on the basis of available frequencies with respect to the first and second terminals and collected from the telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Tahar Jarboui, Florence Germain, Francois Marx
  • CONFIDENTIAL TRANSMISSION OF DATA BY CHANGE OF FREQUENCY IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100177782
    Abstract: Data is transmitted by a first terminal (11) to a second terminal (12) in a telecommunications network (10) in a plurality of sets of data packets. In the first and second terminals, as a function of a selection rule common to the first and second terminals, transmission frequencies are selected from transmission frequencies in a secret list of transmission frequencies that is common to the first and second terminals. Next, the sets of data packets are transmitted (15, 16) from the first terminal to the second terminal at respective selected transmission frequencies. The common list of transmission frequencies is allocated on the basis of available frequencies with respect to the first and second terminals and collected from the telecommunications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: France Telecom
    Inventors: Tahar Jarboui, Florence Germain, Francois Marx