Thomson Licensing

Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, Sas

Thomson Licensing S.a.

Serge Defrance

Thierry Tapie

Gilles Straub

Gael Mace

Sylvain Lelievre

Luis Montalvo

Bertrand Huguies

Olivier Mocquard

Thomas Morin

Frederic Lefebvre

Remy Gendrot

Philippe Rio

Ludovic Jeanne

Pierrick Jouet

Nicolas Le Scouarnec

Erik Reinhard

Claude Chapel

Christoph Neumann

Franck Abelard

Catherine Serre

Stephane Onno

Gwenaelle Marquant

Patrick Perez

Izabela Grasland

Patrick Hardy

Jean-Charles Guillemot

Corinne Poree

Willem Lubbers

Stéphane Onno

Ingrid Autier

Olivier Marlec

Bruno Derrien

Hassane Guermoud

Rémy Gendrot

According to an embodiment, a first device may receive from a second device a message comprising an authentication element and credentials associating the second device with a user identifier. The first device may obtain a set of features based on data captured by a sensor of the first device when a user is near the sensor. The first device may associate the second device with the first device on a condition that is it determined by the first device that the authentication element is verified based on a verification element, that the credentials correspond to initial credentials associating the second device with the user identifier, and that the set of features matches an initial set of features, wherein the verification element, the initial credentials and the initial set of features may have been initially associated together in the first device.

Method and apparatus for associating a first device with a second device

The disclosure relates to a method, implemented in an electronic device adapted to be configured in a mono user mode, where the electronic device is controlled by input elements obtained from a single tracked user, and in a multi-user mode where the electronic device is controlled by input elements obtained from a group or one or more tracked users, the method comprising: It also relates to corresponding device, electronic assembly, system, computer readable program product and storage medium.

Method and apparatus for user control of an application and corresponding device

A system for user interaction comprising a display including a screen for displaying images, at least one hardware processor for receiving input from at least one sensor detecting at least a position of a user's fingertip in front of the display, the fingertip belonging to a finger extended in a direction of the screen, wherein the at least one hardware processor is configured to determine, from the input from the at least one sensor, an aim of the finger, display on the screen, on condition that the fingertip is in a first zone, at a position corresponding to the aim, an indicator, and select an object displayed in an image on the screen, the object located at the position on the screen corresponding to the aim, on condition that the fingertip is in a second zone, the second zone being closer to the screen than the first zone.

Display user interface method and system

A user interface device including memory configured to store instructions and at least one hardware processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain, from at least one sensor, sensor data corresponding to a user gesture, determine a user interface gesture that matches the sensor data, obtain parameters for the determined interface gesture, and upon obtaining the parameters for the determined interface gesture, use the sensor data and the parameters for the determined interface gesture to estimate the user gesture in a user interface. Also provided is a method.

Gesture-based user interface device and method

The disclosure relates to a method, implemented in an electronic device adapted to be configured in a mono user mode, where the electronic device is controlled by input elements obtained from a single tracked user, and in a multi-user mode where the electronic device is controlled by input elements obtained from a group or one or more tracked users, the method comprising: —tracking actions of one or more user (s) selected amongst candidate users according to a current mode of the electronic device, and to selection requests of the candidate users, the selection requests being captured by at least one sensor coupled to said electronic device; —determining at least one input element adapted for controlling the electronic device according to the tracked actions. It also relates to corresponding device, electronic assembly, system, computer readable program product and storage medium.

A method and an apparatus for matching corresponding frames in two multimedia streams are suggested. The first multimedia stream is an original multimedia stream for which meta-data are available. The second multimedia stream is broadcasted or multi-casted multimedia stream and has undergone processing steps such that the meta-data of the original video stream are no more available or no longer reliable. The matching of corresponding frames in the two multimedia streams is based on the comparison of audio fingerprints and the detection of shot boundaries. Matching corresponding frames with frame accuracy enables inserting targeted content like advertisements into a sequence of video frames especially in a broadcast or multicast environment where meta-data and time markers cannot be relied upon.

Method and apparatus for matching of corresponding frames in multimedia streams

A method for restoring a service reservation booking system in a network after a failure, that comprises a first step of invalidating at least a portion of the bookings which cannot be seen anymore by the service booking system due to the failure, a second step of recalculating the bookings which cannot be seen anymore by the service booking system by validating the bookings which are valid in the network topology after the failure and by cancelling the bookings which are invalid in the network topology after the failure. Advantageously, the method of the present invention further includes a third step during which the nodes of the network disappear from the service booking system. The present invention also includes to a service booking system in a network.

Method for restoring a service booking system in a network after failure

A device and a method for online storage, device and method for searching for similar content, a device and a method of transmission and a device and a method. Encrypted data is saved at a provider of online services. With the encrypted data, encrypted hashing data is saved with a public key and the content to save is encrypted with the encrypted hash. This advantageously enables data duplication at the online service provider to be prevented while preserving the private life of the users of the service. In order to search for content similar to reference multimedia data, fingerprints are also saved at the service provider. In order to limit the number of false positives returned, the fingerprint can further contain a search fingerprint, an encrypted selection fingerprint.

Device and method for online storage, transmission device and method, and receiving device and method

The invention proposes a method and device for protection of data for devices connected in a network such as a local area network or LAN. The method and device can for example be implemented on a gateway, which acts as an interconnecting device between the devices in the LAN network and that can offer these devices an access to an external network such as a wide area network or WAN. The method and device thus offers a protected environment for applications that are executed on the gateway, such as applications downloaded from the WAN. The method and device gives the applications executed on the gateway controlled access to the LAN resources in order to protect the data that the LAN devices share within the LAN, while giving the applications access to the WAN.

Method for protection of data shared between devices connected in a network and corresponding apparatus

The present invention relates to the domain of synchronization of items of equipment connected by a packet switching network. It relates more specifically to a system for generation of a synchronization signal (PIPA, PIPB) and a clock signal (CLK_outA, CLK_outB) by a slave station (SA, SB) connected to a master station (SM) via a packet switching network. The master station (SM) is conformed to produce a master clock signal (CLKM) of frequency Fand a master synchronization signal (PIPM). The master synchronization signal (PIPM) is in phase with the master clock signal (SM). The slave station (SA, SB) comprises the primary synthesis means (SMA, SMB) producing a slave periodic signal TICKSA, TICKSB), the periodic signal (TICKSA, TICKSB) is in phase with the master clock signal (CLKM). According to the invention, the slave station (SA, SB) also comprises the secondary means of synthesis (SMA, SMB) to synthesize a clock signal (CLK_outA, CLK_outB) and the synchronization signal (PIPA, PIPB) and in that said clock signal (CLK_outA, CLK_outB) and said synchronization signal (PIPA, PIPB) are in phase with said signal (TICKSA, TICKSB).

System for generation of a synchronization signal via stations connected via a packet switching network

The present invention relates to the field of management of image data in data storage. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and device for automatic detection of duplicate images in data storage and corresponding device while taking into account user perception of what he considers to be duplicate images, which method and device are particularly efficient with regard to the personalized, automatic management of large amounts of image data.

Method of automatic management of images in a collection of images and corresponding device

Storage device for stream data such as digital video and for non-stream data such as computer files, comprising a single file system which features a first type of storage unit for storing audio and/or video streams and a second type of storage unit for storing non-stream data, wherein the size of the first storage unit is a multiple of the size of the second storage unit, said device further comprising means for allocating a unit of the first type either for stream storage or to split a unit of the first type into a plurality of units of the second type, for storage of non-stream data. The invention also concerns a method for storing stream data or non-stream data. Applicable in digital television systems.

Method and device for storing stream data such as digital video and non-stream data

A device (DA) is intended to aid a clock synchronization device (DS) of a master station (SM) of a wireless network in performing time synchronizations, this master station (SM) comprising a master clock (HM) represented by the value of a master counter (CM) and means (MG) for generating wireless frames of IP packets containing in particular PTP messages of first and second types. The aid device (DA) comprises detection means (MD) for, in case of detection by the physical layer of the master station (SM) of a frame pulse received from the network, triggering the sampling of the value of the master counter (CM).

Clock synchronization aid device for communication station(s) of a wireless network, and associated clock synchronization device

The invention concerns a device for transmitting packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations, characterized in that it includes means for: The invention also concerns a device for receiving packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations.

Transmitting a synchronizing signal in a packet network

The invention relates to a method of delayed reading of digital video data stored in a file on a recording medium. According to the method, a fixed quantity of the storage resources of the recording medium is allocated to the file storing these data application to digital decoders.

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Serge Defrance