Patents by Inventor Vincent Louis Dureau

Vincent Louis Dureau 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 apparatus for seamless connectivity of wide-band networks and narrow-band networks
    Patent number: 6288738
    Abstract: An apparatus for seamless connectivity between a narrow-band network like the Internet and an interactive TV wide-band network, and methods of operating the same, support on-the-fly translation and routing of data between the Internet and the interactive TV wide-band network. The apparatus for interfacing between a wide-band network and a narrow-band network comprises a decoder having a decoder input, a first decoder port, and a second decoder port, which receives wide-band data from the wide-band network via the second decoder port and decodes the wide-band data to provide decoded data in response to decoder requests from the decoder input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignees: Sun Microsystems, Inc., OpenTV, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Louis Dureau, Regis St. Girons
  • Method and apparatus for seamless connectivity of wide-band networks and narrow-band networks
    Patent number: 6118472
    Abstract: An apparatus for seamless connectivity between a narrow-band network like the Internet and an interactive TV wide-band network and methods of operating the same support on the fly translation and routing of data between the Internet and the interactive TV wide-band network. The apparatus for interfacing between a wide-band network and a narrow-band network comprises a decoder, having a decoder input, a first decoder port, and a second decoder port, which receives wide-band data from the wide-band network via the second decoder port and decodes the wide-band data to provide decoded data in response to decoder requests from the decoder input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignees: Sun Microsystems, Inc., OpenTV, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Louis Dureau, Regis St. Girons