Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Chapelain

Jean-Pierre Chapelain 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).

  • Centralized arbitration process and centralized arbiter for multiprocessor system
    Patent number: 4493022
    Abstract: An arbiter cooperating with p.n processing units grouped into p levels each comprising n processing units. An elementary arbiter is assigned to each level, and a central arbiter attributes cyclically the priority to each level. The central arbiter comprises essentially a memory programmed for attributing a single priority to each level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF Telephone
    Inventors: Alain Nicolas, Jean-Pierre Chapelain