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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mahesh S. Natu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Shamanna M. Datta, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2013.01); G06F 11/3058 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 11/301 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments are generally directed to the provision and use of various hardware and software components of a computing device to monitor the state of layered virtual machine (VM) monitoring software components. An apparatus includes a first processor element; and logic to receive an indication that a first timer has reached an end of a first period of time, monitor execution of a VMM (virtual machine monitor) watcher by a second processor element, determine whether the second processor element completes execution of the VMM watcher to verify integrity of a VMM before a second timer reaches an end of a second period of time, and transmit an indication of the determination to a computing device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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