Patents by Inventor Gilles Rapin

Gilles Rapin 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).

  • Method for accessing goods or services following an action performed by a viewer of broadcast program content
    Patent number: 8949141
    Abstract: A method is described for rewarding a viewer of a broadcast program in exchange for the viewer proving his presence at the time that certain program content is being broadcast. The method involves the use of running an application in a television environment, said application displaying a graphic inviting the viewer to intervene in some manner and to subsequently log the viewer's intervention, thereby documenting his viewing activity. The method further allows for the convenient and mobile reporting of the status of a log of the viewer's viewing activity. Finally, the method allows for the convenient and flexible redemption of accrued credit, as documented in the viewing log, against goods and/or services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nagravision S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandre Delidais, Gilles Rapin, Stelio Tzonis
  • METHOD FOR ACCESSING GOODS OR SERVICES FOLLOWING AN ACTION PERFORMED BY A VIEWER OF BROADCAST PROGRAM CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110314491
    Abstract: A method is described for rewarding a viewer of a broadcast program in exchange for the viewer proving his presence at the time that certain program content is being broadcast. The method involves the use of running an application in a television environment, said application displaying a graphic inviting the viewer to intervene in some manner and to subsequently log the viewer's intervention, thereby documenting his viewing activity. The method further allows for the convenient and mobile reporting of the status of a log of the viewer's viewing activity. Finally, the method allows for the convenient and flexible redemption of accrued credit, as documented in the viewing log, against goods and/or services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: NAGRAVISION S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandre Delidais, Gilles Rapin, Stelto Tzonis
  • Method for validating the broadcasting conditions of content from a third party
    Patent number: 7627575
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a method for receiving contractual conditions from a supplier of digital content, in order to verify and validate the contractual conditions at a time of preparation for diffusion of the digital content by a diffuser. The method may include validating broadcasting conditions of the digital content by using a diffuser having a first data set describing a structural configuration, a second data set describing operational conditions of the diffuser, and a third data set describing conditions defined by the supplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Nagravision S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Mellier, Gilles Rapin
  • Method for validating the broadcasting conditions of content from a third party
    Publication number: 20060023124
    Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to propose a method and the means to receive contractual conditions from the supplier of the content, in order to verify and validate them at the time of the preparation of the diffusion of these content by a diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Pierre Mellier, Gilles Rapin