Patents by Inventor Laura Fullton

Laura Fullton 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 to control the access to conditional access audio/video content
    Patent number: 8336106
    Abstract: The present invention aims at solving the financial revenue loss due to the presence of digital video recorders that allow skipping the commercial breaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Nagravision S.A.
    Inventors: Corinne Le Buhan, Holger Ippach, Laura Fullton, Ivan Verbesselt
  • METHOD FOR NOTIFYING A USER ABOUT A BROADCAST EVENT
    Publication number: 20110213790
    Abstract: A method for notifying a user about a broadcast event comprises the steps of receiving at a management center at least one user keyword; receiving at the management center an identifier of at least one user unit, said at least one user unit being linked to the user; in the management center, determining a set of broadcast data linked to broadcast events; forming a query containing data identifying at least a subset of the set of broadcast data and at least one user keyword; sending said query to a plurality of data sources; receiving at the management center a response to the query, the response indentifying at least one event; transmitting a notification containing an identifier of the at least one present or future event in said response and the identifier of the user unit so that the user unit may notify the user of the events in the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: NAGRAVISION S.A.
    Inventors: Laura Fullton, Christophe Buffard
  • METHOD TO CONTROL THE ACCESS TO CONDITIONAL ACCESS AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT
    Publication number: 20080219643
    Abstract: The present invention aims at solving the financial revenue loss due to the presence of digital video recorders that allow skipping the commercial breaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: NAGRAVISION S.A.
    Inventors: Corinne Le Buhan, Holger Ippach, Laura Fullton, Ivan Verbesselt