Patents by Inventor Patrick Bertholet

Patrick Bertholet 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: 8082588
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is a storage method in a decoder of an event encrypted by control words that guarantees the access to this event at whichever moment, even if certain keys of the system have changed for security reasons. This objective is achieved by a storage method of an event encrypted by control words in a reception and decryption unit connected to a security unit, said control words and the necessary rights being contained in management messages encrypted by system keys, comprising storing the encrypted event as well as the control messages in the storage unit, and storing in the storage unit the system keys encrypted by a predefined local key stored in the security unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Nagravision S.A.
    Inventors: Corine Le Buhan, Marco Sasselli, Patrick Bertholet
  • Patent number: 7853970
    Abstract: As television programs increases, it becomes necessary to find means for rapidly accessing the users' preferred programs. Furthermore, television programs are addressed to different types of users such as children and adults. The proposed system processes a program grid comprising at a higher level the whole information on programs and at a lower level, information specific to a users group as well as parameters defining a user profile. The parameters are divided into several sets of parameters, each set corresponding to a filter layer allowing selecting a category or categories of required information. The first layer, defining a global restrictive filter, is defined by an administrator of the system and the following layers, defining a filter specific to a users group and containing filtering short commands, are defined by at least one member of the users group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Nagravision S.A.
    Inventors: Maxime Goeke, Patrick Bertholet
  • Publication number: 20030177365
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to propose a storage method in a decoder of an event encrypted by control words that guarantees the access to this event at whichever moment, even if certain keys of the system have changed for security reasons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Corinne Le Buhan, Marco Sasselli, Patrick Bertholet
  • Publication number: 20030101455
    Abstract: As the offer of television programs increases, it is imperative to find means to gain access rapidly to the emissions one prefers. Furthermore, the offer is not addressed always to all users, for example, when it concerns emissions for adults.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Maxime Goeke, Patrick Bertholet