Patents by Inventor Jean-Francois Rey

Jean-Francois Rey 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).

  • Publication number: 20080031437
    Abstract: The invention concerns a conference bridge server (30) for establishing a conference telephone call, and a corresponding method and a computer program product. The conference bridge server (30) comprises input and output means (31, 33) for a plurality of communication connections connecting conference terminals (11 to 16, 20) with the conference bridge server (30) and a conference core (32) for distributing input signals from conference terminals (11 to 16, 20) to at least some of the remaining conference terminals (11 to 16, 20). The conference bridge server (30) comprises means for issuing a special address to be utilized, by one or more participants (111 to 116) at a first location (1) using a common conference phone (10), to connect one or more laptop computers (11 to 16) as additional conference terminals (11 to 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Jean-Francois REY
  • Publication number: 20060227785
    Abstract: It is proposed a method for establishing a IP-telecommunications between two participants with a specific control of data stream from that multimedia IP-telecommunications while maintaining the IP-telecommunications between the first and the second participant terminal originally targeted. This is achieved by setting up a connection for the transmission of packets comprising multimedia data from the IP-telecommunications between a terminal from the first participant and a terminal from the second participant both connected to the IP-network while using a sniffer to analyze the header of the data packets from that IP-telecommunications received via the IP-network by the first or second participant. It is provided on that first or second participant terminal of a possibility to initiate a redirection of the analyzed packets corresponding to a specific data stream defined in the header of the respective packets towards a further terminal interconnected with that first or second participant terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Stephane Cournut, Jean-Francois Rey