Patents by Inventor Olivier Repellin

Olivier Repellin 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).

  • Method of diagnosing and/or updating of software of an electronic device equipped with an HDMI type connector and associated device
    Patent number: 10067751
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing and/or updating software, associated with a processor within a first electronic device equipped with an HDMI type connector, includes: linking, using a suitable cable, a third-party electronic device, configured to perform a diagnosing or updating operation, or both, of the embedded software, with a first pin and a second pin of the HDMI connector; carrying out an operation of switching the first electronic device, by toggling the first electronic device from a first mode to a second mode in which the HDMI connector is configured, via the first pin and the second pin, to exchange information to and from the processor, carrying out, via the suitable cable, exchanges of information between the first electronic device and the third-party electronic device, so as to carry out the operation of diagnosing and/or updating of the embedded software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Olivier Repellin
  • METHOD OF DIAGNOSING AND/OR UPDATING OF SOFTWARE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH AN HDMI TYPE CONNECTOR AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120005665
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing and/or updating software, associated with a processor within a first electronic device equipped with an HDMI type connector, includes: linking, using a suitable cable, a third-party electronic device, configured to perform a diagnosing or updating operation, or both, of the embedded software, with a first pin and a second pin of the HDMI connector; carrying out an operation of switching the first electronic device, by toggling the first electronic device from a first mode to a second mode in which the HDMI connector is configured, via the first pin and the second pin, to exchange information to and from the processor, carrying out, via the suitable cable, exchanges of information between the first electronic device and the third-party electronic device, so as to carry out the operation of diagnosing and/or updating of the embedded software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventor: Olivier Repellin