Patents by Inventor Mathieu Claude Hans

Mathieu Claude Hans 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).

  • Digital audio device
    Patent number: 8060225
    Abstract: A digital audio system configured to facilitate a collaborative audio session comprises a first digital audio device operable by a first user, a second digital audio device operable by a second user independently of the first digital audio device, and a server configured to communicate with the first digital audio device and the second digital audio device over a network, receive a request from at least one of the digital audio devices for participation in a collaborative audio session, and facilitate communication between the first digital audio device and the second digital audio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
    Inventors: Mathieu Claude Hans, Mark Taylor Smith
  • Voice-over-IP communicator
    Publication number: 20040114581
    Abstract: An exemplary apparatus for providing VoIP services comprises: (a) a telephone hardware interface connectable to a POTS network; (b) a VoIP gateway connectable to a VoIP network; (c) a bridge operable to interconnect a POTS session over the telephone hardware interface with a VoIP session over the VoIP gateway; and (d) an input/output interface that is connected to at least one of the telephone hardware interface, the VoIP gateway, and the bridge, and which is also connectable to a telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Mathieu Claude Hans, Mark Taylor Smith
  • Operating a digital audio player in a collaborative audio session
    Publication number: 20040024478
    Abstract: A digital audio system configured to facilitate a collaborative audio session comprises a first digital audio device operable by a first user, a second digital audio device operable by a second user independently of the first digital audio device, and a server configured to communicate with the first digital audio device and the second digital audio device over a network, receive a request from at least one of the digital audio devices for participation in a collaborative audio session, and facilitate communication between the first digital audio device and the second digital audio device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Mathieu Claude Hans, Mark Taylor Smith