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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:
Aug. 10, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Proton World International N.v., Diegem, BE;

Inventors:

Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Wezembeek-Oppem, BE;

Christophe Henri Ricard, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/81 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/81 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of checking the authenticity of the content of a non-volatile memory of an electronic device including a microcontroller and an embedded secure element includes starting the microcontroller with instructions stored in a first non-reprogrammable memory area associated with the microcontroller, starting the secure element, executing, with the secure element, a signature verification on the content of a second reprogrammable non-volatile memory area associated with the microcontroller, and interrupting the microcontroller power supply if the signature is not verified.


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