Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatic detection and tracking of one or multiple objects of interest in a video sequence comprising several successive frames (1) captured with a moving camera, comprising:—segmenting (32) each frame into regions depending on color and producing a segmented image (1?);—deducing (34) from each segmented image (1?) a region adjacency graph (11) comprising nodes and edges, wherein each node defines a region and each edge links two nodes of adjacent regions; wherein the region adjacency graphs (11) form a set of region adjacency graphs;—extracting (36) from the set of region adjacency graphs frequent spatio-temporal patterns (13);—determining (38) degrees of dissimilarity between the trajectories of the extracted frequent spatio-temporal patterns (13) between successive frames (1); and—clustering (39) the frequent spatio-temporal patterns (13) to produce at least one cluster (25, 26, 27) corresponding to one object of interest among said one or multiple objects of interest

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatic detection and tracking of one or multiple objects of interest in a video sequence comprising several successive frames (1) captured with a moving camera, comprising:—segmenting (32) each frame into regions depending on colour and producing a segmented image (1?);—deducing (34) from each segmented image (1?) a region adjacency graph (11) comprising nodes and edges, wherein each node defines a region and each edge links two nodes of adjacent regions; wherein the region adjacency graphs (11) form a set of region adjacency graphs;—extracting (36) from the set of region adjacency graphs frequent spatio-temporal patterns (13);—determining (38) degrees of dissimilarity between the trajectories of the extracted frequent spatio-temporal patterns (13) between successive frames (1); and—clustering (39) the frequent spatio-temporal patterns (13) to produce at least one cluster (25, 26, 27) corresponding to one object of interest among said one or multiple objects of interes

Abstract: A processing a device (D), for a network equipment element (RP) of a communication network equipped with an accounting and billing management module, includes processing means (MT) which are tasked, firstly, to determine, from values representing selected local parameters of their equipment element (RP) and/or of selected traffic streams received by this equipment element (RP), associated with the identifier of a customer in the network, usage data concerning the resources of the network corresponding to said customer identifier, and secondly, to transmit these usage data, and the identifier associated with them, to the accounting and billing management module for a possible billing of the customer designated by this identifier.

Abstract: Gesture recognition is performed by receiving a video frame from a camera, drawing a scribble pointing out one element within the video frame, tracking the scribble across subsequent frames by propagating the scribble on the remainder of the video, aggregating related scribbles determined by tracking the scribble, attaching a tag to the aggregated related scribbles to form a gesture model, and comparing a current scribble with the stored gesture model.

Abstract: A network management system comprising a data acquisition module itself comprising a measurement module for collecting data coming from probes placed on items of network equipment in a network is provided. The data acquisition module forwards the data to a supervisor module, the data being collected as a function of measurement parameters associated with the probes, wherein the data acquisition module further comprises a measurement adaptation module having a module for adding or removing the probes and for modifying the associated measurement parameters as a function of the collected data.

Abstract: The object of the invention is an audiovisual program content preparation method. The inventive method comprises the following steps: a user group (5) is selected, sequences are selected from a chosen audiovisual program content feed, by identifying them using markers, the sequences are extracted using the markets for the chosen audiovisual program content feed, the extracted sequences are saved in a database (9) accessible to the users of said group (5).

Abstract: Disclosed is a management system for a communication network including a diagnostic module to determine a diagnosis based on information provided by network elements this diagnosis identifying a failure within the network. The management system also includes a repair module to determine one or several corrective actions based on at least this diagnosis and to transmit one or several commands corresponding to the corrective actions, to one or several network elements, to correct the failure.

Abstract: An installed device (D) is intented to local assurance management for a network element (NE) in a communication network (N) equipped with a network management system (NMS), where said equipment element (NE) presents a chosen configuration and contains means (MM) for the measurement of parameter values in the network as well as a management information base (MIB) which stores management data representing the measured values. The device or arrangement (D) includes management means (MAE) used to adapt the configuration of the equipment element (NE) in accordance with at least the management data stored in the management information base (MIB) and with chosen rules known as assurance rules.

Abstract: Method of electronic voting in a questionnaire, comprising: a step of broadcasting an offer of electronic voting service to a plurality of communications terminals; a step of sending, from a voter's communication terminal, a request to a remote server, this request containing information for authenticating a voter; a step of authenticating the voter by comparing the authentication information received with recorded information associated with the voter; when the voter has been authenticated, a step of dispatching to the communication terminal of the voter ticket to participate in the vote; a step of dispatching the vote to the server, the former containing a response to the questionnaire and the ticket to participate in the vote, this method is characterized in that it comprises two steps of anonymization, a first step ensuring anonymization to the ticket to participate sent to the voter by the server, and a second step ensuring anonymization of the communication terminal sending the response to the vote

Abstract: A service management system for determining a set of network elements constituting a possible cause of degraded quality of one or more services determines the quality of other services and determines the set as a function of the quality of the other services and network elements utilizing the other services.

Abstract: A method is dedicated to providing interactive menus upon the request of a user communication terminal (T1), via a two-way communication network (R1). This method consists, when a terminal (T1, T?) is distributing a piece of content transmitted by the network (R1) on a one-way channel, of i) activating a dedicated function in a communication terminal (T1) so as to transmit to the network, over a two-way backchannel, a request requesting the transmission of an interactive menu related to the distributed content, ii) upon the receipt of said request, accessing first memorization means (BD) in which are stored first data related to said distributed content, iii) generating an interactive menu based on at least said first data related to said distributed content, and iv) transmitting said generated interactive menu to said requesting terminal (Ti) via said backchannel of the network (R1) so that it can display it and so that its user can select at least one of the elements it contains.

Abstract: A system (DGM) is dedicated to end-to-end parameter measurement management for a network management system (NMS) of a packet-oriented communications network including a multiplicity of peripheral equipments (EP). The parameter measurement management system (DGM) comprises management means (MG) adapted to send selected peripheral equipments (EP) selected filter definitions associated with selected filter identifiers, correlation means (MCN) adapted to correlate each notification including a selected filter identifier received from an ingress peripheral equipment (EP-1) with a selected set of notifications received from egress peripheral equipments (EP-2, EP-3) and including a filter identifier having one or more relationship links with the selected filter identifier, and calculation means (MCM) adapted to derive parameter measurements from values contained in the correlated notifications.

Abstract: The object of the invention is an audiovisual program content preparation method. The inventive method comprises the following steps: a user group (5) is selected, sequences are selected from a chosen audiovisual program content feed, by identifying them using markers, the sequences are extracted using the markets for the chosen audiovisual program content feed, the extracted sequences are saved in a database (9) accessible to the users of said group (5).

Abstract: A network management system for determining the synchronization between two streams of packets transmitted in a transport network measures throughput variations for each of the streams of packets and determines the synchronization by comparing the variations.

Abstract: Radio communication terminal (M1) including communication means providing a connection to one or more application servers (AS) via a communication network (RAN1 CN, SN). It is characterized in that it includes measurement means adapted to send at least one message to at least one application server and to determine at least one quality of service measurement as a function of the response(s) to said at least one message.

Abstract: A communication network includes network equipments coupled to a management system. A diagnostic device for the network determines the causes of problems occurring in the network via one or more diagnostic models and adapts the diagnostic models as a function of data provided by the management system that is representative of the composition of the network.

Abstract: A method of interactive communication between communication terminals comprises a step of definition of the characteristics of persons with whom a session initiator wishes to have interactive communication, the set of these persons forming a virtual community with this initiator; a step of definition, for the interactive communication session, of the initial media for interaction between the session initiator and the other members of the virtual community; a step of the session initiator sending a request for connection to the terminals of the other members of the virtual community; and a step of definition of the rules for adaptation of the communication media as a function of the context specific to at least one of the members of the community, in particular the session initiator.

Abstract: The invention proposes a method of determining communications network service trends. The invention therefore selects two or more parameters of a network representative of a network service and variable in time, measures at two or more times values of the network parameters, determines at two or more times the value of a service indicator as a function of said measured parameter values, and determines a trend of the indicator as a function of said determined indicator values. The method is used in particular to determine a time remaining before a service violation or the crossing of a threshold.

Abstract: Method of creation of a multimedia service, this method comprising: a step of generic description, independent of the multimedia format, of the graphical charts employed for the service, a step of generic description, independent of the multimedia format, of the elementary services of the service; a step of merging of the generic description of the graphical charts and the generic description of the elementary services to form a generic description of the service; a step of choice of at least one target language; a step of translation of the generic description of the service into the chosen target language.

Abstract: The invention relates to a management system (NMS) for a communication network (N) comprising a diagnostic module (MD) capable of determining a diagnosis (D) based on information (A) provided by network elements (N1, N2, N3, N4), this diagnosis identifying a failure within the network. The management system also comprises a repair module (MR) designed to determine one or several corrective actions based on at least this diagnosis and to transmit one or several commands (C) corresponding to the corrective actions, to one or several network elements, so as to correct said failure.