Patents by Inventor Thomas Watteyne

Thomas Watteyne 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 of communication, emitter and receiver stations and associated computer programs
    Patent number: 8433353
    Abstract: Method of communication, on a radio channel in a network comprising a plurality of telecommunications nodes with which are associated respective values of a metric, including emitting, from a first node, a request on the radio channel, and subsequent to the receipt of the request by at least one second node, emitting a response message with a delay determined as a function of the metric value associated with said second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: France Telecom
    Inventors: Thomas Watteyne, Abdelmalik Bachir, Michael Dohler, Isabelle Auge-Blum
  • METHOD OF COMMUNICATION, EMITTER AND RECEIVER STATIONS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20090201866
    Abstract: Method of communication, on a radio channel (4) in a network (1) comprising a plurality of telecommunications nodes (2) with which are associated respective values of a metric, comprising the following steps: /a/ emitting, from a first node, a request on the radio channel; /b/ subsequent to the receipt of the request by at least one second node (A), emitting a response message with a delay determined as a function of the metric value associated with said second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: France Telecom
    Inventors: Thomas Watteyne, Abdelmalik Bachir, Michael Dohler, Isabelle Auge-Blum