Patents by Inventor Nicolas Bugault

Nicolas Bugault 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).

  • Service activation by virtual prepaid card
    Patent number: 7003499
    Abstract: In order to prevent the use of a virtual prepaid card illegitimately acquired and transmitting only one identification code, for example read after the card has been scratched, to a service provision server, a second code is delivered on paying for the card, and the two codes have to be authenticated so that the user-purchaser of the card can subsequently use the service concerned in the server still using only the first code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: France Telecom SA
    Inventors: David Arditti, Gilles Macario-Rat, Dimitri Mouton, Nicolas Bugault
  • Service activation by virtual prepaid card
    Publication number: 20030014360
    Abstract: In order to prevent the use of a virtual prepaid card illegitimately acquired and transmitting only one identification code, for example read after the card has been scratched, to a service provision server, a second code is delivered on paying for the card, and the two codes have to be authenticated so that the user-purchaser of the card can subsequently use the service concerned in the server still using only the first code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: David Arditti, Gilles Macario-Rat, Dimitri Mouton, Nicolas Bugault