Patents by Inventor Philippe R. Hiolle

Philippe R. Hiolle 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).

  • Method and device for selecting a reconfigurable communications protocol between and IC card and a terminal
    Patent number: 6578768
    Abstract: There is provided a method and device for selecting a communications protocol between an integrated circuit card and a terminal. The terminal supports at least two communications protocols, with one of the at least two communications protocols being a preferred communications protocol. The terminal transmits a reset to the integrated circuit card and receives an answer-to-reset from the integrated circuit card indicative of a first communications protocol. The terminal determines whether the first communications protocol matches the preferred communications protocol. If the first communications protocol does not match the preferred communications protocol, the terminal transmits another reset to the integrated circuit card and receives another answer-to-reset from the integrated circuit card indicatives of a second communications protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: MasterCard International Incorporated
    Inventors: Philip A. Binder, Philippe R. Hiolle, Barry Hochfield