Patents by Inventor William Renault

William Renault 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).

  • Patent number: 8578422
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for selecting services in a television system using graphical indications displayed on a screen. The invention comprises in particular the steps of: (a) determining a first list (30) of services, the first list being a subset of a second list; (b) displaying at least a part of the first list, ordered according to a predetermined criterion; (c) selecting a service present in the second list, but not in the first list; (d) displaying a visual indicator (39) marking the relative location, according to the predetermined criterion, of the selected service in the first list (30). The invention also relates to the terminal for the implementation of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: William Renault, René Gauthier, Sandra Jensen
  • Publication number: 20070067328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for navigating in a list of items in an audiovisual receiver including a first step for generating an ordered list of items available in the receiver, a step for displaying a first sub-list extracted from the list including a first item highlighted at one end of the displayed sub-list. The method also includes a step for identifying a second item adjacent to the first item not appearing in the first sub-list, and a step for displaying a second sub-list including at least the first item and the second highlighted item. In one improvement to the present invention, the displayed items are digital television service identifiers. In one variant, these items are identifiers of events broadcast by a television network. The invention also relates to the receiver capable of selecting the services according to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Jacques Mingot, Goulven Querre, Nicolas Marce, Francois Goiset, Rene Gauthier, William Renault, Nadine Patry
  • Publication number: 20050099382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device for a browser comprising a means for displaying a status zone, a means for displaying a tool zone, a means for displaying an address entry zone, and a display zone. The device furthermore comprises a means of activating each means of display of the zones by user commands. According to an improvement, the address entry zone disappears when the connection is established, so as to obtain a larger area of display of the image downloaded from the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Sylvie Bourges, Benot Guerin, William Renault, Rene Gauthier
  • Publication number: 20030174175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for selecting services in a television system using graphical indications displayed on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: William Renault, Rene Gauthier, Sandra Jensen
  • Publication number: 20020029382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling access to audio-visual programs on a digital receiver of audio-visual programs, wherein it comprises, regardless of the program, a phase of locking the current program generated by an manual action during the current programme displaying. In this way, the user can, with the aid of a particularly simple command, lock or unlock the program currently being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Eric Deniau, Rene Gauthier, William Renault