Intel Corporation

Duncan Glendinning

Gyan Prakash

Saurabh Dadu

Mojtaba Mirashrafi

Hormuzd M Khosravi

Mousumi M Hazra

Selim Aissi

Zhiming Zhuang

Carol Bell

Roland P Wooster

Cris Rhodes

Martin Guy Dixon

Barnes Cooper

Arvind A Kumar

Hong W Wong

Kristoffer Fleming

James M Okuley

Paul J Gwin

Michael D Rosenzweig

Chia-Hung Sophia Kuo

Jianfang Olena Zhu

Jun Jiang

Andy Keates

Deepak Samuel Kirubakaran

Mark J Gallina

Yifan Li

Jin Yan

Jianwei Dai

Adam J Norman

Bhaktha R Keshavachar

Virendra Vikramsinh Adsure

Ivan Chen

Jamel Tayeb

William S Bollengier

Sultan Weatherspoon

Kai P Wang

Methods, systems, and apparatus to reconfigure a computer are disclosed. An example electronic device includes at least one memory, instructions in the electronic device, and processor circuitry to execute instructions to analyze data corresponding to a first configuration of the electronic device to detect a change associated with the electronic device, the first configuration corresponding to a respective first user profile, determine a second configuration of the electronic device based on the detected change, and adjust a configuration of the electronic device from the first configuration to the second configuration.

Methods, systems, and apparatus to reconfigure a computer

Disclosed herein is a waveguide stack and associated segmented illumination display. The waveguide stack includes a number of waveguides stacked into an array to direct light from light emitting diode (LED) edge lights to a liquid crystal display (LCD) of a segmented illumination display. The waveguides are stacked with light inhibiting material between the waveguides to inhibit light transmitting through one waveguide from communicating to a second waveguide.

Stacked light wave guides for display panels

A platform feature licensing module (e.g., a USB Smart Card Token) securely stores and communicates a platform feature enabling license, corresponding to a selectable platform feature, to an authenticated platform. The module includes a secure microcontroller, a secure communication port, and secure non-volatile memory in which is stored the platform feature enabling license. The module is configured to securely communicate with, and to authenticate the identity of the platform, via an integrated embedded controller embedded into the platform. The integrated embedded controller enables the selectable platform feature in response to a platform feature enabling license received from the platform feature licensing module. The integrated embedded controller and platform feature licensing module communicate securely using a predetermined public-key cryptography technique, with each having a PKI-based key pair to provide authentication and cryptographic services.

Enabling a secure OEM platform feature in a computing environment

Techniques and mechanisms for providing illumination of a display. In an embodiment, a light guide includes a first portion to receive light, a second portion to output some or all of the light, and a third portion configured to propagate the light between the first portion and the second portion. The third portion forms a first deflection structure which adjoins, and extends between, respective surface regions of the first portion and the second portion. A light source is coupled to provide edgewise illumination of the light guide via the first portion. In another embodiment, the light propagates through the third portion and into a region, between two parallel planes, in which the second portion is located.

Tiled light guide with deflection structures

A system and method for automatic session data transfer between computing devices based on zone transition detection are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: determine if a mobile or wearable computing device is located within a proximity zone around a location of a stationary computing device; establish an authorized wireless data connection with the mobile or wearable computing device via a wireless transceiver; determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely departing the proximity zone and if so, upload user session data to the mobile or wearable computing device; and determine if the mobile or wearable computing device is likely approaching the stationary computing device and if so, download user session data from the mobile or wearable computing device.

System and method for automatic session data transfer between computing devices based on zone transition detection

A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for an automated modular and secure boot firmware update. An updated boot firmware code module is received in a secure partition of a system, the updated boot firmware code module to replace one original boot firmware code module for the system. Only the one original boot firmware code module is automatically replaced with the updated boot firmware code module. The updated boot firmware code module is automatically executed with the plurality of boot firmware code modules for the system and without user intervention when the system is next booted. The updated boot firmware code module may be written to an update partition of a firmware volume, wherein the update partition of the firmware volume is read along with another partition of the firmware volume containing the plurality of boot firmware code modules when the system is booted.

Automated modular and secure boot firmware update

Systems and methods may provide for detecting an event on a computing device having an embedded keyboard with a default mapping of keys to functions and disabling a first subset of keys on the embedded keyboard in response to the event. Additionally, a second subset of keys on the embedded keyboard may be re-mapped to one or more different functions if an application running on the computing device supports keyboard re-mapping. In one example, re-mapping the second subset of keys includes grouping two or more keys in the second subset into a common function.

Alternate dynamic keyboard for convertible tablet computers

Embodiments of methods for restoration an anti-theft platform are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Methods and apparatus for restoration of an anti-theft platform

A method to lock an electronic device comprising an operating system comprises placing the electronic device in a disable state in which the processor is blocked from accessing the operating system, receiving a first unlock password from a remote source during a power-up operation of the electronic device, and placing the electronic device in a temporary unlock state which allows the processor to boot the operating system for a predetermined period of time when the first unlock password matches a password stored in the electronic device. Other embodiments may be described.

System and method to lock electronic device

A two-stage storage security system comprising an address translator and a cryptographic engine for a mobile computing platform is provided. In response to a write operation, the address translator receives unencrypted data blocks, from an initiator, and associates the blocks with corresponding scrambled data storage addresses. The cryptographic engine encrypts the unencrypted data blocks to be stored on the platform storage component at the corresponding scrambled data storage addresses. The address translator applies a predetermined reversible translation function to reversibly remap addresses, and the cryptographic engine applies a predetermined cryptographic technique to encrypt and decrypt the data blocks. In a read operation, encrypted data blocks retrieved from the storage component are decrypted and restored to an original logical order. Decryption of storage component data is allowed when storage component is coupled to the corresponding platform.

Secure, two-stage storage system

Theft deterrence and secure mobile platform subscription techniques for wireless mobile devices are described. An apparatus may comprise a removable secure execution module arranged to connect with a computing platform for a wireless mobile device. The removable secure execution module may comprise a first processing system to execute a security control module. The security control module may be operative to communicate with a security server over a wireless channel on a periodic basis to obtain a security status for the wireless mobile device. The security control module may output control directives to control operations for one or more components of the computing platform based on the security status. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Theft deterrent techniques and secure mobile platform subscription for wirelessly enabled mobile devices

Methods and systems to access data in a computer system independent of an operating environment of the computer system, including to recover data to a remote system, to overwrite data, and to copy data to a hidden partition. A management system may directly access a storage device of the computer system and communicate with the remote system over a data channel that is secure from an operating environment of the computer system. The management system may access the storage device on a block basis, using a device driver associated with a storage device controller, and may include a virtualization engine to access the storage device. The remote system may include logic to request meta-data, to identify disk blocks corresponding to files of interest from the meta-data, and to construct the files of interest from the disk blocks.

Data recovery and overwrite independent of operating system

The secure wireless local area network of the present invention includes a single wired network that supports both wired and wireless devices. The network addresses security concerns by including an authentication server that services a plurality of access points. Each access point includes a first authentication device that generates and transmits a first authentication message to the corresponding wireless device over an air channel. The first authentication message includes encrypted validating information about the access point including an access point key that uniquely identifies the access point. Each wireless device includes a second authentication device. The wireless device receives the first authentication message and determines whether the access point is authorized to connect to the wired network. If the access point is valid, the second authentication device responds to the first authentication message by generating and transmitting a second authentication message to the access point. The second authentication message includes encrypted validating information about the wireless device and operator, e.g., a device key and the operator's logon name and password. The access point determines the authenticity of the wireless device by decrypting the portion of the second authentication message that includes the device key. If the wireless device is valid, the AP opens a control channel with the authentication server. The AP transmits the first and second authentication messages to the authentication server. If the authentication server validates the access point and the operator's logon name and password, it will authorize access to the wired network.

Secure wireless local area network

What is disclosed is a method and apparatus for optimizing call setup traffic in a communications network with out-of-band call control signaling. The method includes the steps of determining a profile and an associated handle, establishing a communications link with an opposing party; and, transmitting a call setup request containing the associated handle to the opposing party. The apparatus includes a processor, a transmit and receive unit coupled to the processor, and a memory coupled to the processor to cause the processor to perform the method.

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Chandler, AZ, United States of America

Duncan Glendinning