Patents by Inventor Dominique BOUVERON

Dominique BOUVERON 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).

  • VIRTUAL PRIMARY PLATFORM (VPP) IMPLEMENTED ON A SECURE ELEMENT AND AN EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20220350879
    Abstract: Provided is a method to implement a Virtual Primary Platform (VPP) using a Tamper Resistant Element (TRE) and an External Execution Environment (EEE).The Virtual Primary Platform (VPP) comprises a VPP Low Level Operating System (VPP LLOS) distributed across a VPP Process Execution Environment (VPEE) in the Tamper Resistant Element (TRE). The VPP Low Level Operating System (VPP LLOS) comprises VPP LLOS API stubs installed in the VPP Process Execution Environment (VPEE) and routes communications between the VPP Process Execution Environment (VPEE) and the External Execution Environment (EEE) and an external agent (EA) installed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Dominique BOUVERON, Emmanuel LEPAVEC, Xavier MINETTE DE SAINT MARTIN, Claire REGNAULT, Evangelos SPYROPOULOS, Nicolas VIENNE
  • Method for amending the firmware of a resource constrained device
    Patent number: 11099764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for amending the firmware of a device with limited resources, the device comprises a memory unit, and a firmware amending software, and the firmware comprises: at least two functional components, wherein the first functional component comprises at least one public function, configured to be called by at least one second functional component different from the first functional component, a functional component table, wherein at least one of the functional components is registered, a call dispatch unit, where each call addressing one of the public functions is dispatched, wherein the firmware amendment comprises the steps for the firmware amending software of: storing a new functional component at a memory location of the memory unit, updating the functional component table with the memory location of said new functional component, and handing over control to the firmware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
    Inventors: Emmanuel Lepavec, Dominique Bouveron, Xavier Minette De Saint Martin, Nicolas Vienne, Guillaume Chi-Dan Phan
  • METHOD FOR AMENDING THE FIRMWARE OF A RESOURCE CONSTRAINED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200293215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for amending the firmware of a device with limited resources, the device comprises a memory unit, and a firmware amending software, and the firmware comprises: at least two functional components, wherein the first functional component comprises at least one public function, configured to be called by at least one second functional component different from the first functional component, a functional component table, wherein at least one of the functional components is registered, a call dispatch unit, where each call addressing one of the public functions is dispatched, wherein the firmware amendment comprises the steps for the firmware amending software of: storing a new functional component at a memory location of the memory unit, updating the functional component table with the memory location of said new functional component, and handing over control to the firmware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
    Inventors: Emmanuel LEPAVEC, Dominique BOUVERON, Xavier MINETTE DE SAINT MARTIN, Nicolas VIENNE, Guillaume Chi-Dan PHAN