Patents by Inventor Oliver Courtay

Oliver Courtay 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).

  • Content distribution control on a per cluster of devices basis
    Patent number: 8196209
    Abstract: A method for controlling access to content by an Acquisition Point to Presentation Points in clusters in a domain. The AP receives from a PP an access content request comprising the PPs cluster identity and the PP's priority. The AP verifies if access is granted to a PP in the cluster and, if so, grants access to the requesting PP. If not, the AP verifies if access is granted to PPs in a maximum number of clusters. If not, the AP grants access. If the maximum is reached, the AP verifies if the requesting PP's priority is higher than the priority of every PP in another cluster. If not, access is denied; if so, the AP grants access to the requesting PP and denies access to the PPs in the cluster with the lowest priority values. An Acquisition Point is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Sylvain Lelievre, Alain Durand, Oliver Courtay, Jean-Louis Diascorn
  • Content Distribution Control on a Per Cluster of Devices Basis
    Publication number: 20080114915
    Abstract: A method for controlling access to content by an Acquisition Point to Presentation Points in clusters in a domain. The AP receives from a PP an access content request comprising the PPs cluster identity and the PP's priority. The AP verifies if access is granted to a PP in the cluster and, if so, grants access to the requesting PP. If not, the AP verifies (603) if access is granted to PPs in a maximum number of clusters. If not, the AP grants access. If the maximum is reached, the AP verifies if the requesting PP's priority is higher than the priority of every PP in another cluster. If not, access is denied; if so, the AP grants access to the requesting PP and denies access to the PPs in the cluster with the lowest priority values. An Acquisition Point is also claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Sylvain Lelievre, Alain Durand, Oliver Courtay, Jean-Louis Diascorn