Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Rigaud

Jean-Pierre Rigaud 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 of upgrading a program using associated configuration data
    Patent number: 6668261
    Abstract: A method of upgrading a program, used in a data processing device having a permanent memory, from a version n to a version n+1, wherein, at any time, both the recent version and the previous version of the program are stored in a first and a second location of the memory. Each one of version n and version n+1 of the program is using configuration data of format n and format n+1, respectively, when it is used as a current version. The configuration data of format n are automatically stored into the memory when version n+1 of the program is stored into the second location of memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Claude Basso, Jean-Marc Berthaud, Alain Dorel, Jean-Pierre Rigaud, Michel Susini, Fred Trucco