Patents by Inventor Stephane Lanfranchi

Stephane Lanfranchi 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 for access control to a scrambled content
    Patent number: 8488794
    Abstract: A method for access control to a digital scrambled content distributed to a set of installed reception terminals including one master terminal and at least one slave terminal dependent on the master terminal. In the method the slave terminal systematically or occasionally returns at least one item of information about the access condition to the master terminal through a point-to-point link, to enable the master terminal to control access of the slave terminal to the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: VIACCESS
    Inventors: Anthony Chevallier, Stephane Lanfranchi, Erwann Magis
  • Method of Controlling Access to a Scrambled Content
    Publication number: 20080301437
    Abstract: A method for access control to a digital scrambled content distributed to a set of installed reception terminals including one master terminal and at least one slave terminal dependent on the master terminal. In the method the slave terminal systematically or occasionally returns at least one item of information about the access condition to the master terminal through a point-to-point link, to enable the master terminal to control access of the slave terminal to the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: VACCESS
    Inventors: Anthony Chevallier, Stephane Lanfranchi, Erwann Magis