Patents by Inventor Jérôme Bidet

Jérôme Bidet 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).

  • Context of use differentiation in a pocket computer
    Patent number: 7548902
    Abstract: A pocket computer comprising a plurality of programs and data, loading of and access to said programs and data being managed by an operating system. The pocket computer comprises means for selecting one of at least two predefined contexts of use and a context database that comprises a list of associated programs and data for each predefined context of use. In response to selection of a context of use, the operating system interrogates the context database in order to activate from the plurality of programs and data only programs and data associated with said context in the context base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Jérôme Bidet, Anthony Dauguet, Stéphane Picard
  • Method and a system for automatically activating and deactivating a service
    Publication number: 20060258287
    Abstract: A method of automatically activating and deactivating a service, comprising the following steps: a) establishing, from a first terminal, a short-range radio detection field for detecting the presence of a second terminal; b) deactivating the service if the second terminal is in the short-range radio detection field; or c) activating the service if the second terminal is not in the short-range radio detection field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: France Telecom
    Inventors: Jerome Bidet, Julien Anselme, Eric Maschio-Esposito
  • Context of use differentiation in a pocket computer
    Publication number: 20050097563
    Abstract: A pocket computer comprising a plurality of programs and data, loading of and access to said programs and data being managed by an operating system. The pocket computer comprises means for selecting one of at least two predefined contexts of use and a context database that comprises a list of associated programs and data for each predefined context of use. In response to selection of a context of use, the operating system interrogates the context database in order to activate from the plurality of programs and data only programs and data associated with said context in the context base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: France Telecom
    Inventors: Jerome Bidet, Anthony Dauguet, Stephane Picard