Patents by Inventor Alain Vigor

Alain Vigor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7574696
    Abstract: A test monitor for a multiprocessor machine including a plurality of processors each configured to execute a test by interpreting a script language for writing tests, in which one of the processors executes a kernel part comprising instructions for conducting and monitoring the executed tests according to the scripts, and an application program interface provided using a library of functions for interfacing with firmware of the multiprocessor machine. The test monitor includes a method for executing instruction sequences simultaneously in several processors of a multiprocessor machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventors: Claude Brassac, Alain Vigor
  • Patent number: 6928539
    Abstract: A test monitor loaded into a multiprocessor machine comprises a program (31) designed to interpret a script language for writing tests, a program (29) that constitutes a kernel part for conducting the tests according to the scripts, and a library (30) of functions that constitutes an application program interface with the firmware of the machine 1. This monitor implements a method for executing instruction sequences simultaneously in several processors (3, 4, 5) of a multiprocessor machine (1). The method comprises a first step (8) in which a single processor operating system is booted in a first processor (2) and a second step (9) in which the first processor (1) orders at least one other processor (3) of the machine, called an application processor, to execute one or more instruction sequences (17, 18, 19) under the control of said first processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventors: Claude Brassac, Alain Vigor
  • Publication number: 20050015749
    Abstract: A test monitor loaded into a multiprocessor machine comprises a program (31) designed to interpret a script language for writing tests, a program (29) that constitutes a kernel part for conducting the tests according to the scripts, and a library (30) of functions that constitutes an application program interface with the firmware of the machine 1. This monitor implements a method for executing instruction sequences simultaneously in several processors (3, 4, 5) of a multiprocessor machine (1). The method comprises a first step (8) in which a single processor operating system is booted in a first processor (2) and a second step (9) in which the first processor (1) orders at least one other processor (3) of the machine, called an application processor, to execute one or more instruction sequences (17, 18, 19) under the control of said first processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Claude Brassac, Alain Vigor
  • Publication number: 20010044913
    Abstract: A test monitor loaded into a multiprocessor machine comprises a program (31) designed to interpret a script language for writing tests, a program (29) that constitutes a kernel part for conducting the tests according to the scripts, and a library (30) of functions that constitutes an application program interface with the firmware of the machine 1. This monitor implements a method for executing instruction sequences simultaneously in several processors (3, 4, 5) of a multiprocessor machine (1). The method comprises a first step (8) in which a single processor operating system is booted in a first processor (2) and a second step (9) in which the first processor (1) orders at least one other processor (3) of the machine, called an application processor, to execute one or more instruction sequences (17, 18, 19) under the control of said first processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Claude Brassac, Alain Vigor