Patents by Inventor Jean-Marc Gillon

Jean-Marc Gillon 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).

  • System for communicating with network having first operating system in charge of upper communication layers and second operating system in charge of lower communication layers
    Patent number: 5764894
    Abstract: A communication system for communicating with a network which includes a computer associated by means of a bus with a communication processor which is itself linked to a specific link of the network, the computer including a first operating system, and the processor including a second operating system, which handles the transmission of data from the bus to the network and vice versa. The communication system includes a telecommunication server associated with the first operating system, and a communication code which belongs to at least one open systems interconnection model associated with the second operating system, wherein the server provides the first operating system with access means to the various layers of the code, this code implementing the specific protocols of each layer, in order to enable transmission to the host or to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventors: Gerard Boucher, Jean-Marc Gillon, Robert Perrin, Paul Ravaux