Patents by Inventor Jacques Riboud

Jacques Riboud 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: 6269345
    Abstract: To transfer a quantity measured in a first unit used by a first entity to a second entity using a second unit, these units being associated with a respective parameter varying as a function of time, the system according to the invention comprises: a means for determining a first operation taking into account variations in the parameter associated with the first unit, in order to convert the latter into a reference unit associated with a constant parameter; a means for applying the first operation to the quantity to be transferred, and for sending the converted quantity to the second system; a means for determining a second operation for converting the reference unit into the second unit, taking into account the variations of the parameter associated with said second unit; and a means for applying the second operation to the quantity in reference units and for transferring the quantity converted in the second system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Jacques Riboud