Patents by Inventor Pierre Vannel

Pierre Vannel 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).

  • Chip card reader telecommunication terminal
    Patent number: 6760605
    Abstract: The invention concerns a telecommunication terminal (2) comprising means to be accessed by a telecommunication network and means to be accessed by a micro-computer type processing unit (1), said terminal comprising a chip card (3) for implementing at least one application and logic means (I) for the card to be accessed by the network, said terminal further comprising logic means (I) to access the card (3) from the microcomputer (1) and means for managing (20) accesses coming from the telecommunication network and/or the microcomputer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Gemplus
    Inventors: Pierre Vannel, Henri Ohanian
  • Method for secure transfer of data by a communication network
    Patent number: 6058483
    Abstract: The invention concerns data transfer carried out by a communication network. It concerns in particular a method for safe data transfer by a communication network, between a first entity consisting of a chip card and a second entity, which consists in the preliminary production of an electronic signature for proving the initialisation of the transfer, this signature being stored in at least a memory zone of the chip card, then, when the data transfer is completed, in erasing this signature. The invention is applicable to electronic purses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Gemplus S. C. A.
    Inventor: Pierre Vannel