Patents by Inventor Stephane Michenaud

Stephane Michenaud 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 fighting the illegal distribution of protected works in a digital data transmission network
    Publication number: 20060191018
    Abstract: To protect against the illegal distribution of files in peer-to-peer networks, a method includes activating simulated user terminals on several peer-to-peer networks by protection platforms connected at different points in the network, generating corrupted versions of files to be protected having features identical to those of the files to be protected, and making the corrupted versions available for sharing by means of at least one user terminal simulated by at least one of the protection platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Stephane Michenaud, Eric Petit, Jean-Hugues Royer