Patents by Inventor Patrice Jolly

Patrice Jolly 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).

  • Portable device for controlling instruction execution by means of actuators placed on a rear surface
    Patent number: 8514171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (D) for controlling the execution of instructions, that comprises: i) a receptacle (RP) that can be held by a user in at least one hand and has a rear surface (FAR) provided with rear actuators (AC); ii) a storing means (MS) capable of storing, for at least one application, a table of correspondence between at least one operation mode and a set of selected instructions associated with icons of relative positions defined according to a selected arrangement; and ii) control means (MC) for, in case an application operation mode is selected, determining the table corresponding thereto and associating the instructions contained in said table to actuation types of the rear actuators (AC) selected on the basis of the relative positions of icons respectively associated with these instructions, at least some of said icons being displayed on at least one screen (EC1) according to their selected arrangement so as to identify the relative positions, on the rear surface (FAR) of the rear
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Inventor: Patrice Jolly
  • PORTABLE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INSTRUCTION EXECUTION BY MEANS OF ACTUATORS PLACED ON A REAR SURFACE
    Publication number: 20110163945
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (D) for controlling the execution of instructions, that comprises: i) a receptacle (RP) that can be held by a user in at least one hand and has a rear surface (FAR) provided with rear actuators (AC); ii) a storing means (MS) capable of storing, for at least one application, a table of correspondence between at least one operation mode and a set of selected instructions associated with icons of relative positions defined according to a selected arrangement; and ii) control means (MC) for, in case an application operation mode is selected, determining the table corresponding thereto and associating the instructions contained in said table to actuation types of the rear actuators (AC) selected on the basis of the relative positions of icons respectively associated with these instructions, at least some of said icons being displayed on at least one screen (EC1) according to their selected arrangement so as to identify the relative positions, on the rear surface (FAR) of the rear
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventor: Patrice Jolly