Patents by Inventor Florent CHABAUD

Florent CHABAUD 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).

  • Method for designing a firmware, firmware obtained by such a method and method for modifying such a firmware
    Patent number: 12288056
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented method for designing a firmware including writing the firmware version, and providing the firmware version with a version data identifying the firmware version. The method also includes providing the firmware version with a second data, called rollback data, the second data provided to be compared to the version data of other versions of the firmware, and authorizing, and indicating a limit for, older firmware versions to which the firmware may be downgraded. The invention further relates to a firmware obtained by such a method and a method for modifying the version of a firmware installed on a platform and designed by such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: BULL SAS
    Inventor: Florent Chabaud
  • High performance computing machine and method implemented in such a HPC machine
    Patent number: 12124885
    Abstract: A High Performance Computing (HPC) machine comprising several computing processors interconnected through at least one network, and at least one primary management unit, in a vicinity of at least one computing processor. The at least one primary management unit powers on the at least one processor. The at least one primary management unit (comprises a random data item generator, and a secure storage memory for storing a secret data item, common to all computing processors of the HPC machine, and used for authentication of each computing processor of the HPC machine for data exchange in the HPC machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: BULL SAS, LE COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Florent Chabaud
  • METHOD FOR DESIGNING A FIRMWARE, FIRMWARE OBTAINED BY SUCH A METHOD AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SUCH A FIRMWARE
    Publication number: 20230315432
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented method for designing a firmware including writing the firmware version, and providing the firmware version with a version data identifying the firmware version. The method also includes providing the firmware version with a second data, called rollback data, the second data provided to be compared to the version data of other versions of the firmware, and authorizing, and indicating a limit for, older firmware versions to which the firmware may be downgraded. The invention further relates to a firmware obtained by such a method and a method for modifying the version of a firmware installed on a platform and designed by such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: BULL SAS
    Inventor: Florent CHABAUD
  • HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MACHINE AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED IN SUCH A HPC MACHINE
    Publication number: 20230076890
    Abstract: A High Performance Computing (HPC) machine comprising several computing processors interconnected through at least one network, and at least one primary management unit, in a vicinity of at least one computing processor. The at least one primary management unit powers on the at least one processor. The at least one primary management unit (comprises a random data item generator, and a secure storage memory for storing a secret data item, common to all computing processors of the HPC machine, and used for authentication of each computing processor of the HPC machine for data exchange in the HPC machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: BULL SAS
    Inventor: Florent CHABAUD