Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Dery

Jean-Marc Dery 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).

  • Device and method for protection against stack overflow and franking machine using same
    Patent number: 6618797
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for protecting sensitive data against overflow in a stack, memory space reserved for part of a program. Said method comprises an operation which consists in assigning a stack to each program part, during which the most upstream stack relatively to the displacement direction of an indicator in a stack, is assigned a task for operating on said sensitive data. Preferably, said method comprises the execution of a single task operating on said sensitive data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignees: Secap, Ascom Autelca AG
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Dery, Frédéric L'Hote