Patents by Inventor Francis Sykes

Francis Sykes 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: 7489649
    Abstract: A method and device for broadcasting, within a radiocommunications network, one or more pieces of information to one or more radiocommunication terminal(s)is provided. The network includes a server and at least two different types of transmission channels, wherein the information is divided into a personal portion that is dedicated to a given terminal, and a common portion that is common to every terminal having subscribed to the network, The information is distributed over two types of data transmission channels, the first type of channel being dedicated to the personal portion of the information, the second type of channel being dedicated to the common portion of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Francis Sykes, Jean-Louis Lievin
  • Patent number: 6920335
    Abstract: A method of managing the operation of a mobile telephone in a telecommunications network, the method being of the type in which the mobile terminal is designed to operate selectively in a telephone call mode or in a navigator mode, and of the type in which display means, forming part of the mobile terminal or connected to the mobile terminal, are suitable for displaying a service data page formatted by a sequence of instructions in a language adapted to service data, the service data page giving access to at least one service. In the method, a “preferred” mobile terminal operating mode is selected for implementing a service by incorporating a preferred mode selection instruction in the sequence of instructions for the service data page giving access to the service. Preferably, the navigator mode uses wireless application protocol (WAP), and the language adapted to service data is taken from the extensible markup language (XML) family, and in particular is wireless markup language (WML).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Francis Sykes, Bruno Aidan
  • Publication number: 20040151199
    Abstract: Method for broadcasting, within a radiocommunications network, one or more information to one or more radiocommunication terminal(s), said network comprising a server and at least two different types of transmission channels, wherein the information is divided into a portion said personal, dedicated to a given terminal, and another portion said common to every terminal having subscribed to such network,
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Francis Sykes, Jean-Louis Lievin
  • Publication number: 20040005912
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of locking a mobile terminal for a telecommunications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Pascal Hubbe, Francis Sykes
  • Patent number: 6546240
    Abstract: A mobile radio-telephone terminal includes a radio means activated by a chip card. The chip card includes a memory containing a subscriber identification word (PIN, IMSI) and is connected to an input of a comparator. The terminal comprises means for receiving the card connected to the radio means and the memory for inputting a particular identification word (PIN, PINUT), associated with the card and is connected to the other input of the comparator. The terminal comprises means for transcoding the input word (PINUT), to match it with the card, to control the activation of the radio means from the subscriber identification word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Sagem, S.A.
    Inventors: Rafaël Alos, Marc Porato, Jean-Marc Dimech, Francis Sykes
  • Publication number: 20020147028
    Abstract: The mobile radio-telephone terminal comprising radio means (7) arranged to be activated by a chip card (10),
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: RAFAEL ALOS, MARC PORATO, JEAN-MARR DIMECH, FRANCIS SYKES
  • Publication number: 20020019240
    Abstract: A method of managing the operation of a mobile telephone in a telecommunications network, the method being of the type in which the mobile terminal is designed to operate selectively in a telephone call mode or in a navigator mode, and of the type in which display means, forming part of the mobile terminal or connected to the mobile terminal, are suitable for displaying a service data page formatted by a sequence of instructions in a language adapted to service data, the service data page giving access to at least one service. In the method, a “preferred” mobile terminal operating mode is selected for implementing a service by incorporating a preferred mode selection instruction in the sequence of instructions for the service data page giving access to the service. Preferably, the navigator mode uses wireless application protocol (WAP), and the language adapted to service data is taken from the extensible markup language (XML) family, and in particular is wireless markup language (WML).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Francis Sykes, Bruno Aidan
  • Publication number: 20020016169
    Abstract: The network is divided into cells each corresponding to the coverage area of a base station adapted to exchange data with the mobile terminal by radio. The position of the mobile terminal is defined continuously when it is in operation by location data that is a function of at least one base station. The method is of the type in which at least two separate geographical areas and at least one operating feature of the mobile terminal specific to each area are defined. Each area is defined by location data that is a function of a set of base stations including at least one of the base stations contained in the area. The location data of the areas and the operating features specific to those areas are stored in a memory of the mobile terminal. The location data of the mobile terminal is compared to the location data of the areas to deduce in which area the mobile terminal is located. The operating feature specific to an area is applied as soon as the mobile terminal is located in that area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Francis Sykes, Anne-Marie Hartmann
  • Patent number: 6301488
    Abstract: A radio-telephone terminal includes connection structure which connects to a radio-telephone network, a telephone handset and a data adaptation circuit arranged to be connected to a data transmission apparatus. The adaptation circuit is integrated into the terminal and can include a microprocessor arranged to manage vocal telephone communications and the data passing through the adaptation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Sagem SA
    Inventors: Raphaël Alos, Marc Porato, Jean-Marc Dimech, Francis Sykes