Patents by Inventor Francis De Smet

Francis De Smet 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: 7287021
    Abstract: A method for searching information on the Internet that includes the steps of providing a computer linked to the Internet, and accessing a search assistant via the Internet to search information on the Internet. The search assistant is a human being and a specialist in searching on the Internet. The human search assistant reformulates a first information request of the user into an adapted information request associated with the first information request and applies the adapted information request on a search robot for accessing information related to the first information request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Francis De Smet
  • Publication number: 20020140715
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for searching information on the internet, whereby use is made of a human search assistant (2) assisting a user (1) when searching for information on the internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventor: Francis De Smet
  • Patent number: 5828755
    Abstract: A method is set forth for processing signals, in particular for treating audio signal, characterized in that it mainly consists in the supply of an input signal (3) to be treated; in the isolation of a number of signals (5) from the input signal (3) which are mainly situated in a predetermined part of the sound range; in the additional generation of higher harmonics on the basis of the isolated signals (5); and in the formation of an output signal (9) by combining the signal (7) which contains the generated higher harmonics with at least part of the above-mentioned input signal (3), this input signal (3) is either treat or not treated before being combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventors: Eric Edmond Feremans, Francis De Smet