Patents by Inventor Nicolas Bontron

Nicolas Bontron 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).

  • Authenticating method for an access and/or payment control system
    Patent number: 6529886
    Abstract: This invention relates to an authentication process with an access control and/or payment system that maintains anonymity of the customer towards a third party, characterized in that a single-directional authentication protocol is used to send an authentication sequence that is completely different for each transaction, so that it is impossible for a third party to determine the identity of this customer, or even to determine which transactions are sent by a particular customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Mireille Campana, David Arditti, Henri Gilbert, Thierry Leclercq, Nicolas Bontron