Patents by Inventor Isabelle Attali

Isabelle Attali 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 of locating mobile communicating objects within a communications network, comprising the transmission of location identifiers by repeaters and server updates
    Patent number: 7881727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile communicating object (A) belonging to a communications network and comprising processing means (PM). According to the invention, when a communication has been established with another communicating object (S) belonging to the network, the aforementioned processing means generate a repeater (Fi) at each site (Hi) through which they pass. Moreover, when the repeater is generated, the processing means associate a timing counter (CTF) therewith and configure said repeater such that: (i) it can store an identifier that is representative of the location of the next repeater (F(i+1)) or site (H(i+1)) in the chain of repeaters to which it belongs; and (ii) at the end of a selected duration of time, it transmits the location identifier of the next repeater (F(i+1)) or site (S(i+1)) to at least one location server (SL) in the network, so that it stores said identifier together with the primary identifier of the mobile object (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignees: Inria Institut National de Recherche En Informatique Et En Automatique, Unsa Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis
    Inventors: Isabelle Attali, Denis Caromel, legal representative, Fabrice Huet
  • Method of Locating Mobile Communicating Objects Within a Communications Network, Comprising the Transmission of Location Identifiers by Repeaters and Server Updates
    Publication number: 20080096577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile communicating object (A) belonging to a communications network and comprising processing invention, when a communication has been established with another communicating object (S) belonging to the network, the aforementioned processing means generate a repeater (Fi) at each site (Hi) through which they pass. Moreover, when the repeater is generated, the processing means associate a timing counter (CTF) therewith and configure said repeater such that: (i) it can store an identifier that is representative of the location of the next repeater (F(i+1)) or site (H(i+1)) in the chain of repeaters to which it belongs; and (ii) at the end of a selected duration of time, it transmits the location identifier of the next repeater (F(i+1)) or site (S(i+1)) to at least one location server (SL) in the network, so that it stores said identifier together with the primary identifier of the mobile object (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicants: INRIA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNSA UNIVERSITE DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
    Inventors: Isabelle Attali, Denis Caromel, Fabrice Huet