Patents by Inventor François Toutain

François Toutain 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).

  • Publication number: 20230362110
    Abstract: A method for processing at least one message sent by a conversational agent, the message including a plurality of data. The processing method is implemented by a processing device and includes: a step of receiving the at least one message; a step of determining at least one first datum to be vocalized and at least one second datum to be displayed, with the data being included in the plurality of data; a step of providing the at least one first datum and the at least one second datum for rendering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, François Toutain
  • Publication number: 20230169513
    Abstract: A method for managing an electronic wallet associated with a shared connected piece of equipment. The electronic wallet includes a plurality of virtual transaction cards. The method includes the following steps: determining a sequence for using at least two virtual transaction cards of the electronic wallet by analyzing features associated with the virtual transaction cards of the electronic wallet and/or according to an identification of the at least two users of the shared piece of equipment. Also provided are a management device implementing the method and connected and shared pieces of equipment such as a shared connected vehicle or a shared connected home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, François Toutain
  • Patent number: 11582578
    Abstract: A control method implemented by a communication device. The control method includes: acquiring a current location and current capacities of a drone; selecting a destination point that can be reached by the drone according to the location and capacities thereof, the destination point being located in the coverage area of a point of access to a mobile communication network; and providing the drone with instructions specifying the destination point towards which the drone is to travel and communication operations to be carried out in connection with the mobile communication network. Once the instructions are obtained, the drone moves towards the destination point and performs the communication operation as soon as it reaches the destination point or as soon as the connection quality reaches a satisfying level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Orange
    Inventors: Cedric Floury, Francois Toutain
  • Publication number: 20230013576
    Abstract: A method for managing, by a terminal, a plurality of lists of items that can be rendered by the terminal, each list of items of the plurality being different from a subset of another list of items of the plurality and includes at least one datum, called a balance datum. The plurality includes at least one first list with at least one item having at least one datum, called an action datum, and at least one datum, called an amount datum, the action datum being associated with at least one action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: François Toutain, Emmanuel Le Huerou
  • Publication number: 20220383327
    Abstract: A method for transmitting, during an electronic payment made by at least one user, at least one second identifier of the at least one user. The method is implemented by a transmitting device and includes: obtaining at least one first identifier of the at least one user from at least one electronic payment element of the at least one user, the at least one first identifier being used for the electronic payment; generating the at least one second identifier of the user, the second identifier comprising at least one datum and one portion of the at least one first identifier; and when the electronic payment has completed, transmitting the at least one second identifier to a device for managing at least one electronic proof of purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, François Toutain, Michael Pontiggia
  • Publication number: 20220343333
    Abstract: A transmission method and transmission device for transmitting to at least one electronic address, managed by at least one server, at least one complementary information relating to at least one financial transaction carried out by a user. The method includes: receiving at least one first message relating to at least one financial transaction from a terminal, the message comprising at least one identifier of the user; determining at least one electronic address as a function of the at least one identifier; obtaining at least one complementary information; generating at least one second message including the at least one complementary information; and transmitting in a time interval the at least one second message to the at least one electronic address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: François Toutain, Emmanuel Le Huerou
  • 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: 11412026
    Abstract: A method enables a plurality of users having communication terminals to communicate via a virtual communication space provided by a communication server on a communication network. The method includes configuring a server application so as to create a virtual communication space for a determined group of users. The virtual space provides a plurality of distinct communication modes referred to as “activities”, each activity relating to at least one associated multimedia content, referred to as “activity content” that is shared by the users of the group. Each activity is performed by determined actions that can be triggered by any of the users of the group. The actions includes at least creating, modifying, or deleting a given activity content. Action requests relating to an activity under consideration and coming from the terminals of the users of the group are processed in a sequential manner in the order of their arrival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Violaine Mercier
  • 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: 11088972
    Abstract: A method for updating at least one message exchanged in an instant messaging conversation between a terminal and a conversational agent. The at least one message includes at least one validity indicator and a user interaction element intended to be restored by the terminal. The method includes: detecting an event relating to obsolescence of at least one of the messages of the conversation; selecting, according to a feature of the detected event, at least one obsolete message of the conversation; modifying the validity indicator in the selected messages; and restoring modified messages depending on a value of the validity indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain
  • Patent number: 10958762
    Abstract: A method of communicating a presence state for a group of users having user terminals relating to their presence in a virtual communication space provided by a communication server on a communication network. The virtual space provides a plurality of distinct communication modes referred to as “activities” that can be shared by all of the users of said group. The method includes associating each activity of the virtual space with a graphics icon representing the activity, the icon being for displaying via a graphics interface implemented by any activity sharing client application that is installed in each user terminal. A presence state is determined for each user of the group. For each of the activities, a graphical representation for the associated icon is determined as a function of the presence state for the users relative to the activity, enabling visual identification of user(s) participating in the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Richard Salin
  • Publication number: 20210073752
    Abstract: A method for managing proofs of purchase, which includes: collecting at least one proof of purchase; extracting at least one characteristic of the purchase from the at least one proof of purchase collected; identifying a bank transaction on a bank account of the user by matching the at least one characteristic of the extracted proof of purchase with a characteristic of a transaction on a bank account of the user; and, when a transaction is identified, storing the proof of purchase associated with the transaction in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain
  • Publication number: 20210004782
    Abstract: An allocation method and device for automatically dividing the sum of a first bank transaction between a first and at least a second user. The method includes defining, through a share identifier, a common sharing space for sharing between the first and second users. The common space includes identifiers of users taking part in the share and at least one bank transaction allocation rule. The division is made by obtaining the first bank transaction from a bank account of the first user, which is associated with a division request and with a share identifier. The device associates the obtained transaction with the common sharing space corresponding to the share identifier, and sends a request to the second user for authorization to divide. When an authorization is obtained, the device orders a second bank transaction between the bank accounts of the first and second users according to the allocation rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: François Toutain, Emmanuel Le Huerou, Béatrice Foucault
  • 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: 10757145
    Abstract: A method for establishing a web communication between a web browser running on a first terminal and a web browser running on a second terminal, distinct from a communication via a web browser being previously established between the first and second terminals. Following detection, by the first terminal, of a user interaction requesting establishment of a web communication with the second terminal, the first terminal creates a session identifier including at least one identifier of the first terminal, and generates a URL address including the created session identifier. The URL address makes it possible to access a web page to establish the requested web communication, via a server. The URL address is inserted into a message sent to the second terminal, which triggers opening by the browser of the first terminal of a web page downloaded from the server based on the URL address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Francois Toutain, Emmanuel Le Huerou
  • Publication number: 20200258060
    Abstract: A method of apportionment between a first and at least one second user of a banking operation carried out by the first user. The method includes: receiving an apportionment request originating from a terminal of the first user, the apportionment request including an identifier of the first user, an identifier of a group of users of an instant messaging service, and an amount to be apportioned; obtaining a characteristic of the identified group of users; calculating according to an apportionment rule and the characteristic of the group of users; apportionment of the amount among the users belonging to the group; updating, according to the calculated apportionment, a balance associated with each of the users of the group, and sending an instant message addressed to at least one member of the group, including at least the updated balance associated with the at least one member of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Emmanuel Le Huerou, Francois Toutain, Marie-Helene Froger
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10623558
    Abstract: A method is described for enhancing, by a device of a first telecommunications network, a communication signal transmitted by a first user of the first network intended for a second user of a second network. The method includes verifying, using a certified identifier of the first user determined by the first network, whether the first user belongs to a predetermined or given category of users. Upon determining that the first user belongs to the given category of users piece of certification information is inserted, for the attention of the second user in a field of the communication signal controlled by the first network, the certification information indicating that the first user belongs to the given category of users. The communication signal is then transferred to the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Bertrand Bouvet, François Toutain