Patents by Inventor Jacques Thibon

Jacques Thibon 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).

  • Device and method for synchronizing broadcast audio-visual programs and complementary data
    Patent number: 7015972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a process for the synchronization of broadcast audiovisual programs and of complementary information. The device comprises an image and/or sound sensing assembly, capable of retrieving at least a semantic element from the content of audio-visual programs being broadcast. It further comprises a unit identifying the semantic elements, connected to a program guide including one or several chronologically arranged lists of data sets respectively associated with the broadcast programs. The identifying unit selects for at least one of the programs being broadcast, the data set which is most probably correlated to the semantic elements. It carries out a prior learning session enabling to select the appropriate data sets from the semantic elements. A synthesizing unit synchronizes the audio-visual programs with the selected data sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventor: Jacques Thibon
  • Device and method for synchronising broadcast audio-visual programmes and complementary data
    Publication number: 20040226040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a process for the synchronization of broadcast audiovisual programs and of complementary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Jacques Thibon