Patents by Inventor Paul Ortais

Paul Ortais 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).

  • Publication number: 20190190744
    Abstract: The network according to the invention, including functional nodes connected in series by information transmission means, in which the information assumes the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network, is characterized in that the information transmission means between the nodes are bidirectional to allow information to propagate in both circulation directions of the network, and each node includes at least one first and second associated information input/output port, connected by corresponding information transmission means to neighboring nodes and the operation of which is controlled exclusively and sequentially, by means forming a communication automaton, between a mode of operation with asynchronous reception of information from its neighboring nodes and a mode of operation for synchronous transmission of information to its neighboring nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: THALES, SYSTEMES EMBARQUES AEROSPATIAUX
    Inventors: Alexis DUBROVIN (deceased), Michel Francois GUEGUEN, Augustin MIGNOT, Paul ORTAIS
  • Patent number: 9852313
    Abstract: A functional node for an information transmission network and corresponding network are disclosed. In one aspect, the functional node includes at least one module for distributing messages between input and output ports. The distribution module includes at least one combination of at least three ports, including a first input port connected to a second output port by a first capability for unconditionally propagating messages, not depending on the messages. The first and/or second ports are connected to a third port by a second capability for conditionally propagating messages, depending on the messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: Thales, Systemes Embarques Aerospatiaux
    Inventors: Augustin Mignot, Alexis Dubrovin, Patrice Toillon, Paul Ortais
  • Patent number: 9673958
    Abstract: This network comprising functional nodes connected in series by information transmission means, in which the information assumes the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network, is characterized in that the information transmission means for transmitting information between the nodes are bidirectional so as to allow information to propagate in both directions of flow of the network, and each node includes at least one first and one second associated port, for information input/output, connected to adjacent nodes by corresponding information transmission means and the operation of which is controlled by communication automaton means, between an operating mode for the asynchronous reception of information from its adjacent nodes and an operating mode for the synchronous transmission of information to the nodes adjacent thereto, and in that the communication automaton means are suitable for triggering the activation of the communication of information from the node to its adjacent node
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Alexis Dubrovin, Olivier Le Borgne, Augustin Mignot, Paul Ortais
  • Publication number: 20170155583
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a switch for digital frames exchanged with an external computer system, the switch comprising at least one input port, at least one output port and a switching matrix, the input port also comprising: a first means for validating the incoming frame, a second means for routing the validated frame, a third means for temporarily storing the validated incoming frame; the means for temporarily storing the validated incoming frame being controlled by “flow control” information from the switching matrix; the output port including: a means for temporarily storing the outgoing frame controlled by “flow control” information from the external computer system, the digital-frame switching operation in FIFO (first in, first out) mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Paul Ortais
  • Publication number: 20150311709
    Abstract: This network comprising functional nodes connected in series by information transmission means, in which the information assumes the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network, is characterized in that the information transmission means for transmitting information between the nodes are bidirectional so as to allow information to propagate in both directions of flow of the network, and each node includes at least one first and one second port associated by programming, for information input/output, connected to adjacent nodes by corresponding information transmission means and the operation of which is controlled in an exclusive and sequential manner, by communication automaton means, between an operating mode for the asynchronous reception of information from its adjacent nodes and an operating mode for the synchronous transmission of information to the nodes adjacent thereto, and in that the means for transmitting information between the nodes (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56) are wired m
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Alexis Dubrovin, Oliver LeBorgne, Augustin Mignot, Paul Ortais
  • Publication number: 20150229519
    Abstract: This network comprising functional nodes connected in series by information transmission means, in which the information assumes the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network, is characterized in that the information transmission means between the nodes are bidirectional so as to allow information to propagate in both directions of flow of the network, and each node includes at least one first and one second associated port, for information input/output, connected to adjacent nodes by corresponding information transmission means and the operation of which is controlled exclusively and sequentially, by communication automaton means, between an operating mode for the asynchronous reception of information from its adjacent nodes and an operating mode for the synchronous transmission of information to the nodes adjacent thereto, and in that the communication automaton means are suitable for switching the associated ports of the node from their reception mode of operation to their tran
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Alexis Dubrovin, Olivier Le Borgne, Augustin Mignot, Patrice Toillon, Paul Ortais
  • Publication number: 20150222569
    Abstract: An information transmission network and corresponding functional node are disclosed. In one aspect, the information transmission network includes functional nodes connected to one another by an information transmission capability. The information is in the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network. At least some of the nodes have at least two operating modes, one operating mode defined only by the configuration of the physical layer of the node referred to as 1 of the OSI model and one operating mode defined at least by that layer and the link layer of the node referred to as 2 of the OSI model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Augustin MIGNOT, Alexis DUBROVIN, Patrice TOlLLON, Paul ORTAIS
  • Publication number: 20150220759
    Abstract: A functional node for an information transmission network and corresponding network are disclosed. In one aspect, the functional node includes at least one module for distributing messages between input and output ports. The distribution module includes at least one combination of at least three ports, including a first input port connected to a second output port by a first capability for unconditionally propagating messages, not depending on the messages. The first and/or second ports are connected to a third port by a second capability for conditionally propagating messages, depending on the messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Augustin Mignot, Alexis Dubrovin, Patrice Toillon, Paul Ortais
  • Publication number: 20150215106
    Abstract: This network comprising functional nodes connected in series by information transmission means, in which the information assumes the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network, is characterized in that the information transmission means for transmitting information between the nodes are bidirectional so as to allow information to propagate in both directions of flow of the network, and each node includes at least one first and one second associated port, for information input/output, connected to adjacent nodes by corresponding information transmission means and the operation of which is controlled by communication automaton means, between an operating mode for the asynchronous reception of information from its adjacent nodes and an operating mode for the synchronous transmission of information to the nodes adjacent thereto, and in that the communication automaton means are suitable for triggering the activation of the communication of information from the node to its adjacent node
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Alexis Dubrovin, Olivier Le Borgne, Augustin Mignot, Paul Ortais
  • Publication number: 20140347974
    Abstract: The network including functional nodes (10) connected in series by a data transmitter (11; 12), in which the data assumes the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network, is characterized in that the a data transmitter (11; 12) between the nodes are bidirectional to allow data to propagate in both circulation directions of the network, and each node (10) includes at least one first and one second port associated by programming, for data input/output (13, 14), connected to adjacent nodes by a corresponding data transmitter (11; 12) and the operation of which is controlled exclusively and sequentially, by a communication automaton (15), between an operating mode for the asynchronous reception of data from the adjacent nodes, and an operating mode for the synchronous transmission of data to the nodes adjacent thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Alexis Dubrovin, Augustin Mignot, Paul Ortais
  • Publication number: 20140153381
    Abstract: The network according to the invention, including functional nodes connected in series by information transmission means, in which the information assumes the form of discrete messages propagating from node to node in the network, is characterized in that the information transmission means between the nodes are bidirectional to allow information to propagate in both circulation directions of the network, and each node includes at least one first and second associated information input/output port, connected by corresponding information transmission means to neighboring nodes and the operation of which is controlled exclusively and sequentially, by means forming a communication automaton, between a mode of operation with asynchronous reception of information from its neighboring nodes and a mode of operation for synchronous transmission of information to its neighboring nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: SYSTEMES EMBARQUES AEROSPATIAUX, THALES
    Inventors: Alexis Dubrovin, Michel Francois Gueguen, Augustin Mignot, Paul Ortais
  • Patent number: 7684909
    Abstract: The invention concerns a data transmission method, and its implementing device, in an integrated closed system of computers, such as, for example, in an aerial or land vehicle, comprising a step which consists in transmitting point-to-point data between two transmission nodes, for example via a wire system, each node having one or more channels enabling each transmission with a single node, a step which consists in converting data for transmission thereof, for example, in series. The invention is characterized in that it does not comprise any step of physical or logical control for authorizing and/or validating the transmitted data so that any data reception at a node is unconditionally followed by a retransmission, that is the control of the dataflows is implicitly determined by the cabled topology used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: Paul Ortais
  • Publication number: 20060215671
    Abstract: The invention concerns a data transmission method, and its implementing device, in an integrated closed system of computers, such as, for example, in an aerial or land vehicle, comprising a step which consists in transmitting point-to-point data between two transmission nodes, for example via a wire system, each node having one or more channels enabling each transmission with a single node, a step which consists in converting data for transmission thereof, for example, in series. The invention is characterized in that it does not comprise any step of physical or logical control for authorizing and/or validating the transmitted data so that any data reception at a node is unconditionally followed by a retransmission, that is the control of the dataflows is implicitly determined by the cabled topology used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventor: Paul Ortais