Intel Corporation

Stephen J Tolopka

John I Garney

David M Durham

Gilbert A Neiger

Uday R Savagaonkar

Carlos V Rozas

Prashant Dewan

Francis X Mckeen

Vincent R Scarlata

Ernie F Brickell

Simon P Johnson

Howard C Herbert

Gary L Graunke

Dion Rodgers

Michael A Goldsmith

Stephen R Van Doren

Stalinselvaraj Jeyasingh

Joseph Frank Cihula

Bernard Lint

Asher M Altman

Don Alan Van Dyke

Jiang Tao Li

David A Koufaty

Yasser Rasheed

Ulhas S Warrier

Matthew Eldon Hoekstra

John J Light

A technique to enable secure application and data integrity within a computer system. In one embodiment, one or more secure enclaves are established in which an application and data may be stored and executed.

Method and apparatus to provide secure application execution

Embodiments of apparatuses, methods for partitioning systems, and partitionable and partitioned systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes processors and a partition manager. The partition manager is to allocate a subset of the processors to a first partition and another subset of the processors to a second partition. The first partition is to execute first operating system level software and the second partition is to execute second operating system level software.

System partitioning to present software as platform level functionality via inter-partition bridge including reversible mode logic to switch between initialization, configuration, and execution mode

Embodiments of apparatuses, methods for partitioning systems, and partitionable and partitioned systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes processors and a partition manager. The partition manager is to allocate a subset of the processors to a first partition and another subset of the processors to a second partition. The first partition is to execute first operating system level software and the second partition is to execute second operating system level software. The first operating system level software is to manage the processors in the first partition as resources individually accessible to the first operating system level software, and the second operating system level software is to manage the processors in the second partition as resources individually accessible to the second operating system level software. The partition manager is also to present the second partition, including the second operating system level software, to the first operating system level software as platform level functionality embedded in the system.

System partitioning to present software as platform level functionality including mode logic to maintain and enforce partitioning in first and configure partitioning in second mode

A method comprising automatic installation of device drives in which an operating system or other device installation code obtains a unique identifier from a device, uses that unique identifier to locate a driver for the device, downloads the driver from that location, and completes the installation. Various methods of using the unique identifier to locate the driver are enumerated.

Method for automatically installing and updating drivers

A technique for using a computer system to filter incoming telephone is provided. The computer system decodes caller ID information in an incoming telephone call and compares the decoded caller ID information against a stored list of caller ID information. If the caller ID information in the incoming call matches an item in the stored list, the computer system prevents the telephone input/output device from ringing, opens a connection on the telephone line, outputs a prerecorded audio message on the telephone line, and closes the connection. If the caller ID information in the incoming call does not match an item in the stored list, the computer system passes the incoming call to the input/output device normally. The computer system is configured to receive voice commands from a user to manage the stored list, including adding the caller ID information from a current or recent call to the list. The user may be located remotely from the computer system while inputting commands, and the user does not need to know the number of an incoming call to have it added to the list. Telephone numbers can also be added to the list automatically by the computer system by applying a set of specified conditions.

Method and apparatus for filtering incoming telephone calls

A scheduling system includes a detection circuitry and a scheduling processor. The detection circuitry is coupled to a peripheral input device and receives data from the peripheral input device. The received data is analyzed to detect an individual's presence and to generate information indicating whether an individual was detected. The scheduling processor includes a user input interface receiving schedule criteria and a data interface to receive information from the detection circuitry. The scheduling processor can analyze received schedule criteria and data from the detection circuitry to determine whether the schedule criteria are satisfied. Furthermore, the system includes an interface coupling the detection circuitry to the scheduling processor data interface.

Scheduling system

A portable storage medium is used to store data and provide access to information from an information dissemination system (IDS). The storage medium can store one or more location/key pairs. Each of the location/key pairs designates a particular IDS location as well as an access key to the particular IDS location. The storage medium can also store a plurality of information units. The information units are categorized into levels of information categories with at least one information category per level and at least one information unit per information category. Levels of information categories can be individually accessed and categories of information units within levels can be selectively downloaded.

Secure and convenient information storage and retrieval method and

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Stephen J Tolopka