Patents by Inventor Fabien Alcouffe

Fabien Alcouffe 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: 8327038
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and a method to connect at least two items of equipment, a first item of equipment having a first confidentiality level and a second item of equipment having a second confidentiality level, the two items of equipment in communication with equipment external to the system through the use of a protocol wherein the system includes at least: a medium allowing the transmission of data between the first and second items of equipment; an interface between the medium and the first item of equipment; an interface between the medium and the second item of equipment; first module to allow a first monodirectional adaptation of the protocol and to allow the transmission of data monodirectionally; and a second module to allow a second monodirectional adaptation of the protocol and to allow a reception of the data monodirectionally from the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Fabien Alcouffe, Eric Weber, Antoine Quentin
  • Patent number: 8108913
    Abstract: A system and method for marking and controlling the transfer of information between several users (2i, 9i). An authority (3) marks information to be transmitted. A directory (4) or device containing the certificates of all users as well as the certificates of all the components of the architecture. A security office (5) is used to, a key management device (6a) and a privilege management device (6b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Eric Weber, David Granjard, Fabien Alcouffe
  • Publication number: 20110314216
    Abstract: In a method of reducing the remanence of data stored in the memory space of a recording medium, in which at least a portion of the data stored in the memory space is moved in blocks according to a cycle repeated over time, the cycle includes choosing a number N of data blocks to be moved, and, as long as the number D of blocks moved during the cycle is less than N: a data block Bi to be moved is chosen, a free memory area is chosen; and the data block Bi is moved to this free area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventors: Fabien Alcouffe, Sebastien Breton, Eric Weber
  • Publication number: 20100211705
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and a method to connect at least two items of equipment, a first item of equipment having a first confidentiality level and a second item of equipment having a second confidentiality level, the two items of equipment in communication with equipment external to the system through the use of a protocol wherein the system includes at least: a medium allowing the transmission of data between the first and second items of equipment; an interface between the medium and the first item of equipment; an interface between the medium and the second item of equipment; first module to allow a first monodirectional adaptation of the protocol and to allow the transmission of data monodirectionally; and a second module to allow a second monodirectional adaptation of the protocol and to allow a reception of the data monodirectionally from the first module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Fabien Alcouffe, Eric Weber, Antoine Quentin
  • Publication number: 20100005510
    Abstract: A system and method for marking and controlling the transfer of information between several users (2i, 9i). An authority (3) marks information to be transmitted. A directory (4) or device containing the certificates of all users as well as the certificates of all the components of the architecture. A security office (5) is used to, a key management device (6a) and a privilege management device (6b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Thales
    Inventors: Eric Weber, David Granjard, FAbien Alcouffe
  • Publication number: 20060191004
    Abstract: A secured one-way interconnection system comprises at least one system A with a security level NA and one system B with a security level NB, the two systems exchanging information through a physical linking means, wherein the physical linking means is equipped with an optical isolator device adapted to transmitting information from the system with the security level NA to the system with the security level NB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventor: Fabien Alcouffe