Orange

Jean-Bernard Leduby

Martin Conan

Elisabeth Lepoil

Emmanuel Gouleau

A device for managing an extended home network is disclosed. This extended home network comprises a main home network and a secondary network, including an equipment adapted to execute an application based on a uniform resource locator address that enables the equipment to access, via a communication network, at least one piece of data enabling the execution of the application on the equipment. The management device is configured to: receive, via the main home network, a request to associate the equipment from the secondary network with the application, store a list of equipment from the secondary network in association with the application, receive a request to launch the application, from a terminal, via the secondary network, this request comprising an identifier of the application, provide the terminal, on reception of the launch request, with the list of equipment, receive, from the terminal, an identifier of an equipment on the list.

Method and device for managing content consumption in an extended home network

A method for managing connections of a multimedia content processing device having at least two different connections for providing at least one function. The method includes the following acts, implemented on the processing device: receiving a request to process multimedia content; analyzing the request so as to extract therefrom at least one characteristic of the content; obtaining a current connection for the at least one function of the device; verifying appropriateness of the at least one characteristic of the content in relation to the current connection; and, depending on the results of the verification, emitting a warning message in order to alter the current connection for the at least one function of the device to a new current connection.

Method for managing the connections of an electronic device

A method for managing consumption of a device for processing multimedia content. The method includes the following acts executed on the processing device: receiving a request for processing a multimedia content; analyzing the request in order to extract from it at least one rendering quality of the content; obtaining a power supply state of the device; checking the match between the quality of the content and the power supply state of the device; on the basis of the results of the check, modifying a rendering quality for the content; and processing the multimedia content in order to render it in the quality.

Method for managing the electricity consumption of an electronic device

A method and device for managing downloading of a digital content available by progressive downloading onto a content server in a communication network. The content server is accessible via a service gateway of a local network including first and second terminals. The method includes: receiving a request for progressive downloading of first digital content from the first terminal; receiving a request for progressive downloading of second digital content from the second terminal; obtaining rights relating to the terminals on the downloading device including data regarding priority of the first and second terminals, data relating to a priority of use of the downloading device; comparing the data regarding priority of the first terminal with the data regarding priority of the second terminal, so as to define the terminal having priority; downloading the digital content requested by the terminal having priority.

Device and method for managing priorities for the downloading of multimedia contents

A processing method for a processing device associated with a retrieval device. The processing device is driven by a control device and is able to control the retrieval of data on the retrieval device. The method includes, on the processing device, the following steps: receiving data to be retrieved on the retrieval device; obtaining a motion information item originating from the control device; and processing the data to be retrieved as a function of the motion information item received, independently of an initial position.

Navigation around user data

A method is provided for controlling the updating of a co-operative service in a local network. The service includes at least two software components, at least one first software component on a first terminal referred to as a 'mobile' terminal and at least one second software component on a second terminal referred to as a 'receiver' terminal. The mobile terminal is connected to a network other than the local network, and referred to as the &#x201c;mobile&#x201d; network. The receiver terminal is suitable for communicating with the mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving on the mobile terminal an update of the service from the mobile network; and transmitting the update of the second software component to the receiver terminal.

Device and method for a gateway for the consistent updating of the services of a home network

A transfer method and a method for controlling the transfer of digital content. The content is available on a content server, accessible via a service gateway, and can be processed by at least two devices of a user, namely a first device known as the mobile device and at least one second device known as the rendering device. The rendering device is connected to a transfer device. The content is selected on the mobile device and rendered on the rendering device. The transfer method includes: opening a point-to-point communication channel between the mobile device and the transfer device; receiving an identifier of a service gateway over the point-to-point communication channel; connecting the transfer device to a local network using the gateway identifier received; receiving an identifier of content to be rendered; accessing the identified content on the content server via the identified gateway.

Device and method for transferring the rendering of multimedia content

A method and device for controlling the rendering of digital content that is progressively downloaded on a content server in a wide-area communication network. The content can be accessed via at least one service gateway, and can be downloaded in order to be rendered on at least one rendering device that can communicate with the service gateway and that is equipped with a native remote control device. The method includes: reception, from the rendering device, of a datum relating to a command selected on the native remote control device; generation of a request for the progressive download of digital content associated with the selected command, based on the datum received; transmission of the progressive download request to the content server via the service gateway.

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Erquy, France

Jean-Bernard Leduby