Patents by Inventor Francois Gagnon

Francois Gagnon 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: 11947033
    Abstract: A method for improving dynamic frequency selection (DFS) includes receiving, by an access point, a plurality of pulses in a DFS channel of the access point, determining, by the access point, a plurality of characteristics of the plurality of pulses, varying, by the access point, a threshold for radar detection, and determining, by the access point and based on at least one of the plurality of characteristics, whether the plurality of pulses are radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Gagnon, Andre Beaudin, Myung Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11852743
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for learning radio frequency pulses transmitted at various frequencies in a wireless environment, including false radar signals and actual radar. For example, the system can keep a list of radio frequency pulse characteristics detected by access points (APs) but ignored when not declared a radar. The detected radio frequency pulse can be compared with those on the list and may be added to the deny-list if not radar. The AP learns what intervals are normal for the communication environment and if the noise someday looks like a real radar (but it not actually a radar), it will not be classified as radar because it is on the deny-list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Gagnon, Myung Cheol Kim, Andre Beaudin
  • Publication number: 20230343236
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for providing adaptive training cursus to a trainee is disclosed. In the context of flight training for a given flight, the method allows providing training cursus recommendations by identifying every relevant phase (maneuvers and/or procedures) in a flight mission performed by a trainee; assessing the ease in flight of the trainee during each of these specific phases using an ease in flight algorithm model using psychophysiological parameters; and based on the conjunction of the ease in flight and predefined skills required to perform each phase, providing training cursus recommendations to target specifically the skills which are not yet mastered by the trainee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-François GAGNON, Yannick JAMES, Daniel LAFOND
  • Patent number: 11543510
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a dynamic radar detection threshold for stateful dynamic frequency selection (DFS). An embodiment of a storage medium includes instructions to operations including estimate a duty time of transmission of wireless signals by an access point, the access point to provide Wi-Fi communication, the wireless signals being communicated on a DFS channel of the access point, adapt, based at least in part on the duty time of transmission, a threshold of radar signals to indicate detection of a radar signal at the access point on the DFS channel, and perform analysis of received wireless signals on the DFS channel at the access point to detect the radar signal using the adapted threshold of radar signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Andre Beaudin, Jean-Francois Gagnon, Mathieu Mercier
  • Publication number: 20220244345
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for learning radio frequency pulses transmitted at various frequencies in a wireless environment, including false radar signals and actual radar. For example, the system can keep a list of radio frequency pulse characteristics detected by access points (APs) but ignored when not declared a radar. The detected radio frequency pulse can be compared with those on the list and may be added to the deny-list if not radar. The AP learns what intervals are normal for the communication environment and if the noise someday looks like a real radar (but it not actually a radar), it will not be classified as radar because it is on the deny-list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Gagnon, Myung Cheol Kim, Andre Beaudin
  • Publication number: 20210373143
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a dynamic radar detection threshold for stateful dynamic frequency selection (DFS). An embodiment of a storage medium includes instructions to operations including estimate a duty time of transmission of wireless signals by an access point, the access point to provide Wi-Fi communication, the wireless signals being communicated on a DFS channel of the access point, adapt, based at least in part on the duty time of transmission, a threshold of radar signals to indicate detection of a radar signal at the access point on the DFS channel, and perform analysis of received wireless signals on the DFS channel at the access point to detect the radar signal using the adapted threshold of radar signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Andre Beaudin, Jean-Francois Gagnon, Mathieu Mercier
  • Publication number: 20210341570
    Abstract: A method for improving dynamic frequency selection (DFS) includes receiving, by an access point, a plurality of pulses in a DFS channel of the access point, determining, by the access point, a plurality of characteristics of the plurality of pulses, varying, by the access point, a threshold for radar detection, and determining, by the access point and based on at least one of the plurality of characteristics, whether the plurality of pulses are radar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-Francois GAGNON, Andre BEAUDIN, Myung Cheol KIM
  • Publication number: 20210344438
    Abstract: A method for determining presence of a radar includes receiving a plurality of bursts in a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) channel of an access point, storing the plurality of bursts in a queue, in response to the queue comprising a threshold amount of bursts, determining a timespan of a first burst in the queue to a last burst in the queue, partitioning the timespan into at least a first group and a second group, determining a first number of bursts present in the first group and a second number of bursts present in the second group, in response to a difference between the first number of bursts and the second number of bursts equaling more than one, determining the radar is not present, and in response to the difference between the first number of bursts and the second number of bursts equaling one or less, determining radar is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-Francois GAGNON, Andre BEAUDIN, Myung Cheol KIM
  • Patent number: 11165530
    Abstract: A method for determining presence of a radar includes receiving a plurality of bursts in a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) channel of an access point, storing the plurality of bursts in a queue, in response to the queue comprising a threshold amount of bursts, determining a timespan of a first burst in the queue to a last burst in the queue, partitioning the timespan into at least a first group and a second group, determining a first number of bursts present in the first group and a second number of bursts present in the second group, in response to a difference between the first number of bursts and the second number of bursts equaling more than one, determining the radar is not present, and in response to the difference between the first number of bursts and the second number of bursts equaling one or less, determining radar is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Gagnon, Andre Beaudin, Myung Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 11148765
    Abstract: An inflatable platform that is utilized on the ocean or other bodies of water for relaxation, entertainment, or other recreational purposes includes two floating bodies. The larger floating body has a recess with a mesh panel so the user may access water filtered by the mesh panel while relaxing on the larger floating body. The user may place the smaller floating body next to the larger floating body to create more space for another user or may put the smaller floating body into the recess and use the present invention as a swim platform, tanning deck, or other recreational purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Pieschel, Francois Gagnon, Eric Gagnon, Chia Hua Lin, Nicholas Pieschel
  • Patent number: 10740723
    Abstract: A computer system for publishing content includes a categorization member, a rating module, a user profiling assembly and a suggested-reading engine. The categorization member enables an author-user and reader-users of an authored work to categorize content of the authored work using a fixed taxonomy, keywords, tags and/or keyword combinations. The rating module enables reader-users to rate authored works and makes a determination of quality of each authored work in the system. Rating includes reader-user response activity such as number of times the reader recommends, forwards or otherwise effectively promotes the authored work. The user profiling assembly measures words and word combinations used (written or read) by a user and generates therefrom a profile of the user. The suggested-reading engine is responsive to the rating module and provides a ranked list of suggested reading (authored works) for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SKYWORD INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Gerace, Russell G. Barbour, Christopher Marstall, Francois Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20200247508
    Abstract: An inflatable platform that is utilized on the ocean or other bodies of water for relaxation, entertainment, or other recreational purposes includes two floating bodies. The larger floating body has a recess with a mesh panel so the user may access water filtered by the mesh panel while relaxing on the larger floating body. The user may place the smaller floating body next to the larger floating body to create more space for another user or may put the smaller floating body into the recess and use the present invention as a swim platform, tanning deck, or other recreational purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Pieschel, Francois Gagnon, Eric Gagnon, Chia Hua Lin, Nicholas Pieschel
  • Publication number: 20200195421
    Abstract: The disclosure describes techniques for providing network access to a user device in exchange for performing a blockchain mining task. The blockchain mining task may be based on any suitable blockchain consensus protocol for verifying one or more blockchain transactions that are written to a block of a blockchain, and it may utilize a processing and/or memory resource of the user device. In some implementations, a method includes: a user device transmitting a request for a blockchain mining task; in response to transmitting the request, receiving the blockchain mining task from an access point; performing the blockchain mining task by using a processing resource or memory resource of the user device; and accessing a computer network through the access point using data awarded in response to performing the blockchain mining task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: JEAN-FRANCOIS GAGNON
  • Patent number: 10491939
    Abstract: System and method for providing clear screen TV broadcasting to subscribed users. Two signals are provided by the broadcasters for the same channel: a mixed signal that includes the main program and additional content to overlap portions of the main program on the display, and a clear screen signal which includes only the main program. By default, decoding machines e.g. STB at the user's location, are adapted to decode the mixed signal to output on the display the main program and the additional content. The embodiments provide a mechanism to provide the additional content separately to subscribed users and switch the decoding at the STB to the clear screen mode for decoding and outputting the clear TV signal instead of the mixed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LVL STUDIO INC.
    Inventor: Jean-François Gagnon
  • Patent number: 10081450
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of orienting a container in a labeling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventors: Dale C. Merrill, Francois Gagnon
  • Patent number: 9679472
    Abstract: There is described a system for measuring energy consumption of individual electrical devices amongst a plurality of electrical devices. The system is adapted to determine in real time energy consumption while reducing its own consumption of energy by adjusting a transmission rate to between status sensing devices and a consumption evaluation device. The transmission rate is adjusted as a function of learned energy consumption habits and/or consumption characteristics of individual electrical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SOCOVAR S.E.C.
    Inventors: Ghyslain Gagnon, Tommy Bouchard, Olivier Tremblay-Munger, Remi Paquette, Francois Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20170004435
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing team-level metrics data, the method comprising for each member of a team, collecting sensor data originating from a plurality of sensors, and locally processing the collected sensor data to provide data representative of an individual functional assessment; wirelessly obtaining each of the data representative of an individual functional assessment and processing each of the obtained data representative of an individual functional assessment to generate data representative of a functional state of the team.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-François GAGNON, Daniel LAFOND, Martin RIVEST, François COUDERC, Stéphane DION
  • Patent number: 9150324
    Abstract: An outsert application system is disclosed that includes a vacuum assembly and a pivot arm. The vacuum assembly is for accommodating passage of a vacuum to an engagement surface at a first end thereof for engaging an outsert. The pivot arm is rotatably coupled at a first end thereof to a second end of the vacuum assembly, and the vacuum assembly is adapted to rotate with respect to the pivot arm about a first axis. A second end of the pivot arm is adapted for rotation about a second axis that is substantially parallel with the first axis. The system further includes a translation device that causes the first axis to move with respect to the second axis as the vacuum assembly rotates about the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: New Jersey Machine, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale C. Merrill, Francois Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20150068658
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of orienting a container in a labeling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: New Jersey Machine Inc.
    Inventors: Dale C. Merrill, Francois Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20140320314
    Abstract: There is described a system for measuring energy consumption of individual electrical devices amongst a plurality of electrical devices. The system is adapted to determine in real time energy consumption while reducing its own consumption of energy by adjusting a transmission rate to between status sensing devices and a consumption evaluation device. The transmission rate is adjusted as a function of learned energy consumption habits and/or consumption characteristics of individual electrical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Ghyslain Gagnon, Tommy Bouchard, Olivier Tremblay-Munger, Remi Paquette, Francois Gagnon