Thomson Licensing

Philippe Bouvet

Anthony Aubin

Patrick Will

Yvon Le Goue

An electronic device comprises a casing, a hard disk, a housing on the casing of the electronic device intended to host the hard disk, and a stopper ensuring the holding of the hard disk in the housing. The stopper comprises a first fixation mechanism on a first end of the stopper to the casing of the electronic device, and a second fixation mechanism on a second end of the stopper to the casing of the electronic device. According to exemplary embodiments, the first fixation mechanism is a clip, the second fixation mechanism is a lock, and the stopper also comprises a hinge enabling the articulation of the stopper around its first end. According to another aspect of the invention, the device comprises a seal positioned on the stopper during the first assembly of the hard disk.

Electronic device comprising a removable hard disk

The invention proposes a method and apparatus for determination of transmission quality of a communication link between a transmitter and a receiver. Among others, the invention allows to determine the transmission quality of a communication link between a transmitter and a receiver by a tier device, for example a transmission quality testing or monitoring device.

Method of determination of transmission quality of a communication link between a transmitter and a receiver and corresponding apparatus

The invention relates to a device and a method of installing digital or analogue broadcasting channels of a frequency band, each channel being centred on a nominal frequency subject to drift or an offset. In this method, Application to a digital or analogue receiving device.

Method and device for installing broadcasting channels

The invention relates to a method of installing a bouquet of digital broadcast programmes on the basis of transponders of different minimum symbol frequencies. The frequency band is traversed using a quantization interval corresponding to the minimum symbol frequency of a transponder of a first type (MCPC). If a transponder of the said first type is found, the characteristics of the various transponders of first or of second type which are referenced in the said signaling table are extracted from its signaling table and the services associated with the various transponders are installed. If no transponder of the said first type is found, the said frequency band is traversed using a quantization interval corresponding to the minimum symbol frequency of a transponder of a second type so as to search for at least one transponder of the said second type and the services of each transponder of the said second type are installed.

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St. Sulpice la Foret, France

Philippe Bouvet