Patents by Inventor Francis Belanger

Francis Belanger 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: 9817803
    Abstract: A system for compiling pages of a digital edition while some of the pages of the digital edition are concurrently being edited is provided. The system comprises an assembler system including a parser being configured to parse page edition data for each page of the digital edition and determine whether any pages of the digital edition are error-generating pages. The parser is further configured to provide parsed edition data for error-free pages and replacement page edition data for each one of the error-generating pages. The system also comprises a compiler being configured to compile the parsed and replacement page edition data for each of the pages in the digital edition and generate therefrom compiled page edition data in the form of a data-interchange format, and to store the compiled page edition data in a compilation database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nuglif Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Bréard, Guillaume Hoofd, Jean-Michel Feurprier, Francis Bélanger, Philippe-Antoine Rioux, Olivier Vandette-Henri, Mathieu Martin
  • Publication number: 20150149881
    Abstract: A system for compiling pages of a digital edition while some of the pages of the digital edition are concurrently being edited is provided. The system comprises an assembler system including a parser being configured to parse page edition data for each page of the digital edition and determine whether any pages of the digital edition are error-generating pages. The parser is further configured to provide parsed edition data for error-free pages and replacement page edition data for each one of the error-generating pages. The system also comprises a compiler being configured to compile the parsed and replacement page edition data for each of the pages in the digital edition and generate therefrom compiled page edition data in the form of a data-interchange format, and to store the compiled page edition data in a compilation database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Nicolas Bréard, Guillaume Hoofd, Jean-Michel Feurprier, Francis Bélanger, Phillipe-Antoine Rioux, Olivier Vandette-Henri, Mathieu Martin
  • Patent number: 8984394
    Abstract: A system and method to concurrently preview or publish a digital edition. The system comprises a compilation database and an assembler system. The assembler system includes: a receiving module to receive page edition data; a verification module to identify pages edited or created since a last successful compilation; a parser to determine whether the pages edited or created since the last successful compilation are error-free or error-generating pages and to generate replacement parsed page data or parsed page data accordingly; and a compiler. The compiler is configured to: compile the parsed page data and generate compiled page data for each of the pages edited or created since the last successful compilation; combine the compiled page data of the pages edited or created since the last successful compilation with compiled page data stored in the compilation database for unmodified pages; and generate compiled edition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: La Presse, Ltée
    Inventors: Nicolas Bréard, Guillaume Hoofd, Jean-Michel Feurprier, Francis Bélanger, Philippe-Antoine Rioux, Olivier Vandette-Henri, Mathieu Martin
  • Publication number: 20150019949
    Abstract: A system and method to concurrently preview or publish a digital edition. The system comprises a compilation database and an assembler system. The assembler system includes: a receiving module to receive page edition data; a verification module to identify pages edited or created since a last successful compilation; a parser to determine whether the pages edited or created since the last successful compilation are error-free or error-generating pages and to generate replacement parsed page data or parsed page data accordingly; and a compiler. The compiler is configured to: compile the parsed page data and generate compiled page data for each of the pages edited or created since the last successful compilation; combine the compiled page data of the pages edited or created since the last successful compilation with compiled page data stored in the compilation database for unmodified pages; and generate compiled edition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Nicolas Bréard, Guillaume Hoofd, Jean-Michel Feurprier, Francis Bélanger, Philippe-Antoine Rioux, Olivier Vandette-Henri, Mathieu Martin
  • Publication number: 20080130401
    Abstract: A dosing system for loose compressible material having heterogeneous granulometry and/or density and outputting the material though a main outlet is disclosed. The dosing system comprises a receiving structure for receiving the material to be dosed. A homogenizing system closes the receiving structure outlet and normalizes the material. A first conveying system acts as a base for the receiving structure, and transports the material towards the homogenizing system. A leveling adjustment system downstream of the homogenizing system levels the homogenized material. A second conveying system receives material from the homogenizing system and transports the material beyond the leveling adjustment system towards the main outlet. The homogenizing system, the leveling adjustment system and the second conveying system define a transition volume in which the material travels between the homogenizing system and the second conveying system. A method for dosing such a material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Francis Belanger, Eric Houle, Eric Viel
  • Patent number: 5200042
    Abstract: A process for recovery of copper from a copper residue obtained during purification of a zinc sulfate solution comprises leaching the copper residue in a concentrated sulfuric acid solution in the presence of an oxidant at a temperature of between 60.degree. and 80.degree. C. and separating the solids from the leach solution, electrowinning copper from the leach solution, returning the electrolyte solution to the initial leaching stage to initiate dissolution of the copper residue, and bleeding a portion of the electrolyte solution to reduce the concentration of impurities in the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Noranda Inc.
    Inventors: George Houlachi, Carole Allen, Francis Belanger