Patents by Inventor Pascal Le Goff

Pascal Le Goff 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).

  • Patent number: 8400489
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of controlling a video conference with two or more participants (1, 2, 3, 4), and a video conference server and a computer program product to execute this method. A topic of the video conference is dynamically determined (303, 313). A participant data base comprising associations of one or more of the participants (1, 2, 3, 4) with one or more respective attributes is accessed (304, 314). The determined topic is mapped to one or more of the one or more respective attributes. From the one or more participants (1, 2, 3, 4) associated with the one or more respective attributes one or more participants (1, 2, 3, 4) who are associated with the determined topic according to said mapping are selected (305, 315). One or more of the selected participants (1, 2, 3, 4) are displayed (307, 317) on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Pascal Le Goff, Yves Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20100188475
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of controlling a video conference with two or more participants (1, 2, 3, 4), and a video conference server and a computer program product to execute this method. A topic of the video conference is dynamically determined (303, 313). A participant data base comprising associations of one or more of the participants (1, 2, 3, 4) with one or more respective attributes is accessed (304, 314). The determined topic is mapped to one or more of the one or more respective attributes. From the one or more participants (1, 2, 3, 4) associated with the one or more respective attributes one or more participants (1, 2, 3, 4) who are associated with the determined topic according to said mapping are selected (305, 315). One or more of the selected participants (1, 2, 3, 4) are displayed (307, 317) on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Pascal Le Goff, Yves Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20090293002
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for generating a set (13) of user (7) identifiers (11) associated with a communication terminal's (3, 3?) user's (7) introduction information (9) transmitted during a communication session established between said terminals (3, 3?) by means of a telecommunication network (1), comprising the following steps: users' (7) introduction information (9) transmitted by at least one of said terminals (3, 3) during the communication session established between said terminals (3, 3) is received; said introduction information is recorded (9); a user identifier (11) is associated with said saved introduction information (9), a set (13) of user identifiers (11) is sent in such a way that a user (7, 7?) of a communication terminal (3, 3?) can select a user identifier (11) from among said set (13) and thereby be able to access said introduction information (9) associated with the selected user identifier (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Pascal LE GOFF