Patents by Inventor Roberto De Bonis

Roberto De Bonis 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 system for automatically providing contents from a service provider to a mobile telephonic terminal
    Patent number: 8433301
    Abstract: A method and a system are adapted to automatically provide contents, particularly multimedia contents, to mobile telephonic terminals of service subscribers; service subscription agreements information are stored in a repository of a service provider for each subscriber; and this information includes service conditions desired by each subscriber; such service conditions including specification of contents desired by each subscriber. Contents are provided to mobile telephonic terminals in push mode according to the conditions desired by each subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto De Bonis, Rosario Drogo De Iacovo, Anna Maria Fiammengo, Pierfranco Rodi
  • Media transcoding in multimedia delivery services
    Patent number: 7991908
    Abstract: A method for managing the delivery of multimedia contents to users' communications terminals over a communications network includes transcoding the multimedia contents to be delivered. The transcoding includes: determining a transcoding method based on historical information of previous transcoding operations; performing a transcoding of the multimedia contents to be delivered according to the determined transcoding method to obtain transcoded multimedia contents to be delivered, and updating the historical information according to the performed transcoding of the multimedia contents to be delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Rosario Drogo de Iacovo, Roberto De Bonis, Pierfranco Rodi
  • Method and System for Automatically Providing Contents From a Service Provider to a Mobile Telephonic Terminal
    Publication number: 20090117925
    Abstract: A method and a system are adapted to automatically provide contents, particularly multimedia contents, to mobile telephonic terminals of service subscribers; service subscription agreements information are stored in a repository of a service provider for each subscriber; and this information includes service conditions desired by each subscriber; such service conditions including specification of contents desired by each subscriber. Contents are provided to mobile telephonic terminals in push mode according to the conditions desired by each subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Roberto De Bonis, Rosario Drogo De Iacovo, Anna Maria Fiammengo, Pierfranco Rodi
  • Media Transcoding in Multimedia Delivery Services
    Publication number: 20080147864
    Abstract: A method for managing the delivery of multimedia contents to users' communications terminals over a communications network includes transcoding the multimedia contents to be delivered. The transcoding includes: determining a transcoding method based on historical information of previous transcoding operations; performing a transcoding of the multimedia contents to be delivered according to the determined transcoding method to obtain transcoded multimedia contents to be delivered, and updating the historical information according to the performed transcoding of the multimedia contents to be delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Rosario Drogo De Iacovo, Roberto De Bonis, Pierfranco Rodi