Patents by Inventor Patrick Gallardo

Patrick Gallardo 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).

  • Publication number: 20160034453
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a search parameter is disclosed. The method comprises displaying a selection menu comprising a plurality of parameters; receiving a first selection of a first one of the plurality of the parameters; displaying a container responsive to the first selection; displaying a first portion of the container associated with the selected first parameter responsive to the first selection; and assigning a first weight of the selected first parameter, the first weight representing a ratio of a first area occupied by the first portion and an entire area of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Thierry Filoche, Thomas Morin, David Drugeon-Hamon, Patrick Gallardo
  • Patent number: 9247296
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for setting a watching level to an audiovisual content which some frames are already annotated with watching levels. Upon the reception of the audiovisual content, frames annotated with watching levels are extracted and displayed in a single view. One of the displayed frames is selected by the user, the watching level of the selected frame being set as watching level to the audiovisual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Franck Botta, Patrick Gallardo, Cedric Penet, Claire-Helene Demarty
  • Publication number: 20150169565
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for classifying multimedia file are described. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining at least one feature of the first multimedia file; determining at least one second multimedia file which is relevant to the first multimedia file according to the obtained at least one feature; attributing at least one parameter for classification of the first multimedia file to the first multimedia file, wherein the at least one parameter is weighted as a statistical function of the occurrence of the at least one parameter for the at least one second multimedia file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Thierry FILOCHE, Tristan Langlois, Frederique Humbert, Patrick Gallardo
  • Publication number: 20130254795
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for setting a watching level to an audiovisual content which some frames are already annotated with watching levels. Upon the reception of the audiovisual content, frames annotated with watching levels are extracted and displayed in a single view. One of the displayed frames is selected by the user, the watching level of the selected frame being set as watching level to the audiovisual content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Franck Botta, Patrick Gallardo, Cedric Penet, Claire-Helene Demarty
  • Publication number: 20120159544
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for displaying a program guide is proposed. The program guide contains a list of channels and a time scale and the programs which are receivable within a time represented by the time scale are displayed. The programs which are displayed correspond to the channel on which the programs are received. The inventive method further contains the following steps: checking if a specific program is selected, if a program is selected, checking if the time scale includes the start time and the end time of the program, if the time scale does not include the start time or the end time of the program, adapting the time scale such that it includes the start time and the end time of the program, and displaying the program guide using the adapted time scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Aurélien Longet, Frédéric Babon, Tristan Langlois, Patrick Gallardo