Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Bidon

Jean-Pierre Bidon 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 and a system for acquiring and transmitting information about TV program audiences
    Patent number: 5155762
    Abstract: The invention relates to acquiring information about television program audiences and transmitting it in real time by means of detection apparatuses (10) associated with telephone sets (12) and connected via the switched telephone network (12) and the TRANSPAC network (28) to a central unit for collecting and processing the information transmitted in real time by the apparatuses (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Croquet & Cie
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Croquet, Jean-Pierre Bidon, Jean-Marc Drevon, Pierre-Yves J. Duval