Patents by Inventor Frederic Beun

Frederic Beun 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: 20080155671
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for matching a number N of reception equipment (2) with a number M of external security modules (6, 8), each reception equipment (2) being provided with a unique identifier, and each external security module (6, 8) having a unique identifier and containing information about access rights of a user to digital data distributed by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Frederic Beun, Laurence Boudier, Pierre Roque, Bruno Tronel
  • Publication number: 20080016355
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for an operator to have remote control over the use of reception equipment in a digital data broadcasting network. This method comprises the following steps: a—defining a set of tests that can be remotely activated in said reception equipment and the results of which can be used to identify at least one particular use of at least one part of the reception equipment, b—defining a set of actions that can be executed in said reception equipment designed to control operation of said equipment, c—associating at least one action defined in step b), with each test defined in step a), d—remotely activating by the operator at least one test among the tests defined in step a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: VIACCESS
    Inventors: Frederic Beun, Laurence Boudier
  • Publication number: 20070223695
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for broadcasting digital data to a targeted set of reception terminals in which said data are previously scrambled by a series of control words transmitted in a conditional access control message. This method comprises the following steps: on transmission, particularise said access control message using a reversible function F for which the inverse function F?1 is executable only in terminals in the targeted set, and on reception, redetermine the original access control message in each terminal in the targeted set using said inverse function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Frederic Beun, Laurence Boudier, Pierre Roque, Bruno Tronel
  • Publication number: 20070160207
    Abstract: The invention related to a method for matching reception equipment (2) with a plurality of security modules (6, 8) each having a unique identifier. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: connecting a security module (6, 8) to the reception equipment (2), memorising the unique identifier of the connected security module (6, 8) in the reception equipment (2), on the fly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Frederic Beun, Laurence Boudier, Pierre Roque, Bruno Tronel