Patents by Inventor Laurent Violette

Laurent Violette 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).

  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20090154434
    Abstract: In a system and method for facilitating wireless communication between agents in a wireless network, each agent is equipped with an agent's device using a main wireless infrastructure and a separate auxiliary wireless infrastructure. Initial contact between any first agent's device and any other agent's device is made within the auxiliary wireless infrastructure, whereas, once this initial contact has been established, all ensuing communications between the first agent's device and the other agent's device take place within the main wireless infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: SONY FRANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Atau Tanaka, Guillaume Valadon, Laurent Violette
  • Wireless communication system and method for facilitating wireless communication
    Patent number: 7477873
    Abstract: In a system and method for facilitating wireless communication between agents in a wireless network, each agent is equipped with an agent's device (10a, 10b) using a main wireless infrastructure (2) and a separate auxiliary wireless infrastructure (1). Initial contact between any first agent's device (10a) and any other agent's device (10b) is made within the auxiliary wireless infrastructure, whereas, once this initial contact has been established, all ensuing communications between the first agent's device (10a) and the other agent's device (10b) take place within the main wireless infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sony France
    Inventors: Atau Tanaka, Guillaume Valadon, Laurent Violette
  • Wireless communication system and method for facilitating wireless communication
    Publication number: 20050164634
    Abstract: In a system and method for facilitating wireless communication between agents in a wireless network, each agent is equipped with an agent's device (10a, 10b) using a main wireless infrastructure (2) and a separate auxiliary wireless infrastructure (1). Initial contact between any first agent's device (10a) and any other agent's device (10b) is made within the auxiliary wireless infrastructure, whereas, once this initial contact has been established, all ensuing communications between the first agent's device (10a) and the other agent's device (10b) take place within the main wireless infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Atau Tanaka, Guillaume Valadon, Laurent Violette