Patents by Inventor Kevin LE BIHAN

Kevin LE BIHAN 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 and device for monitoring software application(s) with a buffer time period preceding a section reserved for a set of shared resource(s), related computer program and avionics system
    Patent number: 11256601
    Abstract: A method for monitoring at least one software application able to be executed on a platform including resources that each software application is able to access during its execution, is implemented by an electronic monitoring device. It comprises: monitoring each access request sent by a non-critical software application in order to access a set of resource(s) shared between the non-critical software application and at least one critical software application; and putting the access request sent by the non-critical software application on hold if it is sent during a buffer time period preceding the execution of the next critical software application including a reserved section for the set of shared resource(s), the reserved section being a time period during which one of the at least one critical software application requests exclusive access to the set of shared resource(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Benoit Renard, Kevin Le Bihan
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING SOFTWARE APPLICATION(S) WITH A BUFFER TIME PERIOD PRECEDING A SECTION RESERVED FOR A SET OF SHARED RESOURCE(S), RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND AVIONICS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200174906
    Abstract: This method for monitoring at least one software application able to be on a platform including resources that each software application is able to access during its execution, is implemented by an electronic monitoring device. It comprises: monitoring each access request sent by a non-critical software application in order to access a set of resource(s) shared between said non-critical software application and at least one critical software application; and putting the access request sent by the non-critical software application on hold if it is sent during a buffer time period preceding the execution of the next critical software application including a section reserved for said set of shared resource(s), the reserved section being a time period during which one of the at least one critical software application requests exclusive access to said set of shared resource(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Benoit RENARD, Kevin LE BIHAN