Patents by Inventor Paul Viallon

Paul Viallon 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: 4748587
    Abstract: Device for detecting the unoperational states of an interrupt driven processor executing instructions on n priority levels, n-1 being the lowest priority level and 0 the highest priority level. It comprises means (18) for dispatching the unoperational state detection task running on the n-1 priority level at time intervals smaller than a specified time-out delay. A detection timer (1) is set at an initial value each time the task is dispatched and the content is changed stepwise once the task has been dispatched and an interval timer (13) having a minimum step value. Means (20) are responsive to the final value taken by the detection timer when the time-out delay has elapsed, to send a level 0 interrupt to the processor. A REMEMBER LATCH (26) is set at the occurrence of the first next pulse from the interval timer if the detection timer is at its final value and is reset when the level 0 interrupt handling succeeds in restoring the cause of said level 0 interrupt request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Jacques Combes, Jean-Claude Robbe, Paul Viallon