Patents by Inventor Harold Levesque

Harold Levesque 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).

  • Electronic device diagnostic methods and systems
    Patent number: 7428663
    Abstract: Diagnostic methods and systems for electronic devices are disclosed. Separate dedicated diagnostic software code and operating code are respectively executed in a diagnostic mode and an operating mode of an electronic device. A determination may be made as to whether the electronic device is to be operated in the diagnostic mode or the operating mode when the electronic device is started, for example. A transition to the diagnostic mode from the operating mode may also be made in response to errors detected by online diagnostic tests performed in the operating mode. Results of diagnostic tests are preferably stored in a non-volatile memory for subsequent access, independent of the operating software code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Robert Morton, Harold Levesque
  • Electronic device diagnostic methods and systems
    Publication number: 20050278147
    Abstract: Diagnostic methods and systems for electronic devices are disclosed. Separate dedicated diagnostic software code and operating code are respectively executed in a diagnostic mode and an operating mode of an electronic device. A determination may be made as to whether the electronic device is to be operated in the diagnostic mode or the operating mode when the electronic device is started, for example. A transition to the diagnostic mode from the operating mode may also be made in response to errors detected by online diagnostic tests performed in the operating mode. Results of diagnostic tests are preferably stored in a non-volatile memory for subsequent access, independent of the operating software code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Morton, Harold Levesque