Patents by Inventor Patrice Gaudichon

Patrice Gaudichon 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).

  • Remote-control device for a video receiver
    Patent number: 5786784
    Abstract: A remote-control unit for a video receiver is provided, inter alia, with a numerical keyboard (23) for transmitting code numbers between 0 and 9, and, as the video receiver is provided with a credit card reader for allowing payments, the remote-control unit comprises enciphering means for transmitting, during activation of a key from 0 to 9, a code representing a numerical value J which is different from the value I corresponding to the activated key, such that for I between 0 and 9, J is also between 0 and 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Patrice Gaudichon