Patents by Inventor Valerie Rouhier

Valerie Rouhier 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 testing and installing a home automation remote control unit
    Patent number: 7860679
    Abstract: A method of testing and installing a remote control unit (RCU) for controlling elements (ACT1, ACT2, ACT3) of a home automation network, intended for managing the security or heat or light comfort in a building, comprising the use of software (ALS) emulating the remote control unit in a computer (PCU) to define a virtual remote control unit (VRCU), and the configuring of the virtual remote control unit to enable the elements of the network to be controlled, wherein sending rights are assigned to the virtual remote control unit at the time of that configuration and wherein the cancellation of these sending rights results at least from a step for copying the configuration (CFG) of the virtual remote control unit in the remote control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Somfy SAS
    Inventors: Valérie Rouhier, Jean-Michel Orsat, Florent Pellarin
  • Method of testing and installing a home automation remote control unit
    Publication number: 20070260331
    Abstract: A method of testing and installing a remote control unit (RCU) for controlling elements (ACT1, ACT2, ACT3) of a home automation network, intended for managing the security or heat or light comfort in a building, comprising the use of software (ALS) emulating the remote control unit in a computer (PCU) to define a virtual remote control unit (VRCU), and the configuring of the virtual remote control unit to enable the elements of the network to be controlled, wherein sending rights are assigned to the virtual remote control unit at the time of that configuration and wherein the cancellation of these sending rights results at least from a step for copying the configuration (CFG) of the virtual remote control unit in the remote control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Valerie Rouhier, Jean-Michel Orsat, Florent Pellarin