Patents by Inventor Nicolas Bousquet

Nicolas Bousquet 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).

  • Patent number: 10641133
    Abstract: A method for assisting with the management of a pumping device capable of supplying a circuit of a power production facility with water taken from a natural watercourse is disclosed here. In particular, at least some parameters relating to a watercourse and having an influence on the quantity of materials liable to clog filters are collected. A statistical model is developed that is at least based on historical data for said parameters relating to the watercourse for which clogging of the filters has been observed. Current parameters relating to at least the watercourse are collected and said statistical model is used in conjunction with said current parameters to assess the risk of an influx of clogging materials, and an alert signal for deactivating the pumping device at a selected time is generated on the basis of the assessed risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE
    Inventors: Eric De Oliveira, Denis Vautrin, Nicolas Bousquet, Nicolas Paul, Kersane Zoubert-Ousseni
  • Patent number: 10538448
    Abstract: Process for confinement of waste containing at least one chemical species to be confined, by in-can vitrification in a hot metal can into which waste and a vitrification additive are added, the waste and the vitrification additive are melted to obtain a glass melt which is then cooled, characterised in that at least one oxidising agent is also added into the metal can and in that the concentration of oxidising agent(s) expressed as oxide(s) in the glass melt is between 0.1 and 20% by mass, preferably 4 and 20% by mass, even more preferably 5 and 15% by mass, and even more preferably 10 and 13% by mass of the glass melt mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Philippe Gruber, Olivier Pinet, Hélène Rabiller, Roger Boen, Nicolas Bousquet, Jean-Luc Dussossdy, Jacques Lacombe
  • Patent number: 10496912
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes a communication interface, a processor, a secure element, and a sub-system. The processor is connected to the communication interface by a first bus, to the secure element by a second bus and to the sub-system. The processor is designed to operate in a first mode, in which, at the second bus, it reproduces the signals received from the communication interface at the first bus. Also disclosed is a method carried out in such an electronic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: IDEMIA France
    Inventors: Nicolas Bousquet, Florian Vallee
  • Publication number: 20190120087
    Abstract: A method for assisting with the management of a pumping device capable of supplying a circuit of a power production facility with water taken from a natural watercourse is disclosed here. In particular, at least some parameters relating to a watercourse and having an influence on the quantity of materials liable to clog filters are collected. A statistical model is developed that is at least based on historical data for said parameters relating to the watercourse for which clogging of the filters has been observed. Current parameters relating to at least the watercourse are collected and said statistical model is used in conjunction with said current parameters to assess the risk of an influx of clogging materials, and an alert signal for deactivating the pumping device at a selected time is generated on the basis of the assessed risk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Eric De Oliveira, Denis Vautrin, Nicolas Bousquet, Nicolas Paul, Kersane Zoubert-Ousseni
  • Publication number: 20180197056
    Abstract: An electronic unit includes a communication interface, a processor, a secure element, and a sub-system. The processor is connected to the communication interface by a first bus, to the secure element by a second bus and to the sub-system. The processor is designed to operate in a first mode, in which, at the second bus, it reproduces the signals received from the communication interface at the first bus. Also disclosed is a method carried out in such an electronic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolas BOUSQUET, Florian VALLEE
  • Patent number: 9996689
    Abstract: A secure element, for example an improved SIM card or the like, for a telecommunications terminal, such as a mobile telephone. The secure element may implement a trusted services management application, for example, by executing the trusted services management application on a secure processor. The trusted services management application may manage at least one trusted application to be run by the telecommunications terminal, where trusted applications are used for functions requiring a high level of security such as payment, the supply of “premium” content, which may be certified or guaranteed, or guaranteeing the integrity of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: IDEMIA FRANCE
    Inventors: Marc Bertin, Nicolas Bousquet
  • Patent number: 9817972
    Abstract: An electronic assembly for an electronic device may include a detection module to detect a security anomaly of a Rich-OS operating system and a disabling module to disable at least one secure function of the electronic device in response to the detection. The disablement nevertheless allows use of the electronic device in fail-soft mode. The electronic assembly may be implemented such that these two modules are dependent on a trusted operating system, and the trusted operating system and the Rich-OS operating system may be stored in a memory of the electronic assembly and executed on the electronic assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Nicolas Bousquet, Yannick Sierra
  • Patent number: 9767286
    Abstract: An electronic module that includes means for determining an operating system targeted by a message received by a transmitter-receiver of an electronic device, from among at least a Rich-OS operating system and a trusted operating system executed on a chipset of the electronic device, so that the message becomes accessible to the targeted operating system. The determining means may be set in operation in response to receipt of the message by the transmitter-receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Nicolas Bousquet
  • Patent number: 9699190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the connection to a secure remote service from a terminal and notably of the establishment of a connection between the secure remote service and a security device connected to the terminal. A security device including a security element is connected to the terminal via a physical or virtual local network. When trying to access a secure remote service, a software module is automatically downloaded onto the terminal, without requiring particular rights, from the secure remote service for the discovery and the interaction with the security device. In this way, it is not necessary to install drivers or other specific software in order to enable the use of the secure element when trying to access a secure remote service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Florian Vallee, Nicolas Bousquet
  • Patent number: 9495548
    Abstract: A method for routing at least one message, this method being implementation-dependent on a trusted operating system of an electronic device comprising an electronic assembly on which the trusted operating system and a Rich-OS operating system are executed. The method may include operations for consulting a trusted memory of a terminal, which may be called a first memory, and when the first memory contains a message, determining the operating system targeted by the message from among at least the Rich-OS operating system and the trusted operating system. And when the message targets the Rich-OS system, transferring the message from the first memory to a memory accessible to the Rich-OS system, which may be called a second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Nicolas Bousquet
  • Patent number: 9389650
    Abstract: Devices for providing protection against intrusion in order to protect at least one electronic component. One example of the device includes an enclosure, surrounding the electronic component, which is proof against a specific type of radiation, and at least one piece of equipment selected from a receiver and a transmitter of radiation of that specific type, which is arranged inside the enclosure and substantially tuned to another piece of equipment that is complementary and disposed outside the enclosure. The device also includes a detection module suitable for detecting an intrusion if at least one receiver receives radiation of that specific type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Nicolas Bousquet, Christophe Giraud, Nicolas Morin
  • Publication number: 20160162687
    Abstract: An electronic assembly for an electronic device may include a detection module to detect a security anomaly of a Rich-OS operating system and a disabling module to disable at least one secure function of the electronic device in response to the detection. The disablement nevertheless allows use of the electronic device in fail-soft mode. The electronic assembly may be implemented such that these two modules are dependent on a trusted operating system, and the trusted operating system and the Rich-OS operating system may be stored in a memory of the electronic assembly and executed on the electronic assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Nicolas Bousquet, Yannick Sierra
  • Patent number: 9323646
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of debugging of compiled programs in a hardware security module such as a microprocessor card. A module according to the invention includes a microprocessor and a compiled program to be executed by the microprocessor in order to carry out an operation. The compiled program includes at least one debugging instruction which whether or not it is executed does not modify the execution of the operation. And, the hardware security module includes an element of inhibiting or activating the debugging instruction during the execution of the compiled program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Matthieu Boisde, Nicolas Bousquet
  • Publication number: 20150356320
    Abstract: An electronic appliance includes a first processor and a secure electronic entity equipped with a second processor, the electronic appliance being designed to operate by the execution by the first processor of a trusted operating system. An element situated outside the secure electronic entity and distinct from the trusted operating system is designed to trigger the execution of an application by the second processor; the application executed by the second processor is designed to request the implementation of a service of the trusted operating system. A method implemented in such an electronic appliance is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Olivier CHAMLEY, Nicolas BOUSQUET
  • Publication number: 20150192969
    Abstract: Described are examples of a device for providing protection against intrusion in order to protect at least one electronic component, the device comprising an enclosure surrounding the electronic component and proof against a type of radiation, at least one piece of equipment selected from a receiver and a transmitter of radiation of said type arranged inside the enclosure and substantially tuned to another piece of equipment that is complementary and disposed outside the enclosure, and a detection module suitable for detecting an intrusion if at least one receiver receives radiation of said type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Nicolas Bousquet, Christophe Giraud, Nicolas Morin
  • Publication number: 20150143464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the connection to a secure remote service from a terminal and notably of the establishment of a connection between the secure remote service and a security device connected to the terminal. A security device including a security element is connected to the terminal via a physical or virtual local network. When trying to access a secure remote service, a software module is automatically downloaded onto the terminal, without requiring particular rights, from the secure remote service for the discovery and the interaction with the security device. In this way, it is not necessary to install drivers or other specific software in order to enable the use of the secure element when trying to access a secure remote service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Florian VALLEE, Nicolas BOUSQUET
  • Patent number: 9029278
    Abstract: An alumino-borosilicate glass for the confinement, isolation of a radioactive liquid effluent of medium activity, and a method for treating a radioactive liquid effluent of medium activity, wherein calcination of said effluent is carried out in order to obtain a calcinate, and a vitrification adjuvant is added to said calcinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Areva NC
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dussossoy, Agnés Grandjean, Thierry Advocat, Nicolas Bousquet, Sophie Schuller
  • Patent number: 8886997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of processing within hardware security modules, such as for example debugging of compiled programs. A debugging module includes a microprocessor and a compiled program to be executed by the microprocessor in order to carry out an operation, and is configured to exchange with an external entity, in a master/slave mode, messages relating to the operation. The compiled program includes at least one debugging instruction which whether or not it is executed does not modify the execution of the operation. The hardware security module is moreover configured to transmit, during the execution of the compiled program, data generated, for example by the debugging instruction, over a communication channel initiated by the hardware security module, to an entity external to the hardware security module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: Matthieu Boisde, Nicolas Bousquet
  • Publication number: 20140317721
    Abstract: A secure element for a telecommunications terminal, the secure element including means for performing a trusted services management application to manage at least one trusted application to he run by the telecommunications terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Marc Bertin, Nicolas Bousquet
  • Publication number: 20140150093
    Abstract: An electronic module that includes means for determining an operating system targeted by a message received by a transmitter-receiver of an electronic device, from among at least a Rich-OS operating system and a trusted operating system executed on a chipset of the electronic device, so that the message becomes accessible to the targeted operating system. The determining means may be set in operation in response to receipt of the message by the transmitter-receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Nicolas Bousquet