Orange

France Telecom

Roberto Agro

David Picquenot

Halim Bendiabdallah

Yoann Vincent

Vincent Murphy

Romain Piegay

Hervé Richard

Manuel Guazzetti

Yoannn Vincent

A device and a method for storing and sharing data from objects connected to an Internet network, and a method for restoring data coming from objects connected to an Internet network. A storage and sharing device is implemented in the network and enables a control device connected to the network to browse among the stored data and to command reading of a selected item of data in the data storage and sharing device by a restoring device connected to network. The data storage and sharing device includes interfaces for loading data, each interface receiving data from at least one object connected to the Internet network. Hence, a communication terminal can access, by using a single device, data coming from all of the connected objects thereof even when these objects use different communication protocols and/or when the communication terminal does not use the communication protocol of the connected object.

Device and method for storing and sharing data from objects connected to an internet network, and method for restoring data coming from connected objects

A method and apparatus are provided for synchronizing between rendering of a multimedia stream by a rendering device and execution of an operation by a software application by at least one execution device. The method includes in the rendering device: receiving the multimedia stream comprising pieces of additional data synchronized with a multimedia item; detecting, in the multimedia stream, an item of destination information indicating that the pieces of additional data are intended for a distinct execution device; extracting the pieces of additional data; transmitting the pieces of additional data to the execution device; triggering the execution, by a software application, of an operation to process the transmitted additional data; and rendering the multimedia item.

Methods for synchronizing and generating a stream, and corresponding computer programs, storage media, and playback, execution and generation devices

A method is disclosed for the rendering, by a second terminal, of a content shared by a first terminal with the second terminal, the first terminal being engaged in playing back the content. The method includes a playback, by the second terminal, of the content from an effective temporal position within the content. The effective temporal position is determined as the temporal position of the content played back by the first terminal at the instant when a server receives a first request, the second terminal having transmitted the first request to the server following reception of an invitation by the first terminal to share in the playback of the content. The first request is a request for obtaining a content playback starting temporal position.

Method for rendering a shared content, corresponding method for sharing, computer program products and devices

A method of controlling an execution of a software application. The method includes, within a control device designed for driving at least one multimedia contents restitution device: a step of obtaining, from an execution device configured to trigger an execution of the software application, first connection data to be used by a restitution device to establish a first communication link across a network with the execution device and receiving, during the execution, via the first communication link a multimedia stream resulting from the execution; a step of transmitting to the restitution device parameters for restitution of a multimedia content comprising the first connection data; and a step of dispatching to the restitution device a command for restitution of the multimedia content, intended for triggering a restitution by the restitution device of the multimedia stream.

Remotely sited execution of a software application within a network

A method and apparatus are provided for controlling at least one UPnP device of a remote network from a local network by a local relay module of the local network, which is able to communicate with at least one remote relay module of a remote network. The relay module obtains, via the remote relay module, at least one identifier of a UPnP device detected in the remote network by a UPnP monitoring point associated with this remote relay module, and records at least one identifier received in association with identification data of the remote relay module having provided this identifier. The relay module controls a UPnP device of the remote network by way of the monitoring point associated with the remote relay module, identified by the identification data recorded in association with an identifier of this UPnP device.

Controlling a device of a remote network from a local network

A method and apparatus are provided for controlling at least one entity of a remote source network from a local home network. The method is implemented by a relay module, termed a roaming relay module, designed so that when the module is executed by an appliance connected to the home network, the module communicates with a relay module, termed a source relay module, executed by an appliance of the source network and serves as communication relay in relation to the at least one entity. The method includes: a step of reception of a first request by the roaming relay module via a control interface, complying with a first protocol usable to control the entity from the source network; and a step of sending from the roaming relay module to the source relay module, a second request intended to be converted by the source relay module into at least one third request complying with the first protocol.

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Bourg la Reine, France

Roberto Agro