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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2000
Applicants:

Nadine Patry, Rennes, FR;

Louis-xavier Carbonnel, Rennes, FR;

Eric Gautier, Rennes, FR;

Laurent Lesenne, Acigné, FR;

François Roudier, Rennes, FR;

Inventors:

Nadine Patry, Rennes, FR;

Louis-Xavier Carbonnel, Rennes, FR;

Eric Gautier, Rennes, FR;

Laurent Lesenne, Acigné, FR;

François Roudier, Rennes, FR;

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/6583 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/6377 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/8355 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/26291 (2013.01); H04N 21/25808 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 221/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/6583 (2013.01); H04N 21/8166 (2013.01); H04N 21/8402 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/6377 (2013.01); H04N 21/42684 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04N 21/8355 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/658 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a process for transmitting and a process for receiving update data. According to the invention, the update data are dispatched by a communication center to terminals with the aid of a broadcasting network. Next, the terminals report their update to the center through a bidirectional network. The center renews the campaign or stops the current campaign as a function of the number of terminals updated. When only a minimum number of terminals to be updated remains, the campaign is stopped, the last terminals not updated will be so via the bidirectional link. The invention also relates to the center implementing a dispatch process and the receiver for receiving and processing the update data.


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