Patents by Inventor Jerome Vidal

Jerome Vidal 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).

  • Updating of a smart card value counter
    Patent number: 7503508
    Abstract: A method and a system for updating a counter of an electronic component in which are stored recordings, each containing at least one individual value and at least one sorting value, including: transferring into a memory of a reader an initial count of the counter and said recordings; calculating on the reader side an intermediary count equal to the minimum of the initial count and of the sum of the individual values of the recordings, the sorting value of which is within a range known by the reader; and transferring into the counter of the electronic component a number which is a function of the intermediary count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Proton World International N.V.
    Inventor: Jérôme Vidal
  • Updating of a smart card value counter
    Patent number: 7258271
    Abstract: A method and a system for updating a counter of an electronic component in which are stored recordings, each containing at least one individual value and at least one sorting value, including: transferring into a memory of a reader an initial count of the counter and said recordings; calculating on the reader side an intermediary count equal to the minimum of the initial count and of the sum of the individual values of the recordings, the sorting value of which is within a range known by the reader; and transferring into the counter of the electronic component a number which is a function of the intermediary count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Proton World International N.V.
    Inventor: Jérôme Vidal
  • Updating of a smart card value counter
    Publication number: 20070158415
    Abstract: A method and a system for updating a counter of an electronic component in which are stored recordings, each containing at least one individual value and at least one sorting value, including: transferring into a memory of a reader an initial count of the counter and said recordings; calculating on the reader side an intermediary count equal to the minimum of the initial count and of the sum of the individual values of the recordings, the sorting value of which is within a range known by the reader; and transferring into the counter of the electronic component a number which is a function of the intermediary count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Proton World International N.V.
    Inventor: Jerome Vidal
  • Updating of a smart card value counter
    Publication number: 20050199711
    Abstract: A method and a system for updating a counter of an electronic component in which are stored recordings, each containing at least one individual value and at least one sorting value, including: transferring into a memory of a reader an initial count of the counter and said recordings; calculating on the reader side an intermediary count equal to the minimum of the initial count and of the sum of the individual values of the recordings, the sorting value of which is within a range known by the reader; and transferring into the counter of the electronic component a number which is a function of the intermediary count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventor: Jerome Vidal