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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sergiu D. Ghetie, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Neeraj S. Upasani, Portland, OR (US);
Chukwunenye S. Nnebe, Folsom, CA (US);
Won Lee, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Shaila R. Murty, Chandler, AZ (US);
Arkadiusz Berent, Pomorskie, PL;
Vasuki Chilukuri, Hillsboro, OR (US);
David T. Mayo, Boxborough, MA (US);
Scott P. Bobholz, Bolton, MA (US);
Vinila Rose, Bangalore, IN;
Wojciech S. Powiertowski, Beaverton, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and apparatuses for issuance of license upgrades for hardware components in the field, as well as the hardware components, are described. In one embodiment, for example an apparatus may include processor circuitry and memory in communication with the processor circuitry, wherein the memory contains a configuration data block and license data block, the configuration data block being read from the memory via a licensing apparatus and the licensing data block being written to the memory by the licensing apparatus. The processor may include executable code to process the licensing data block to facilitate an upgrade of the capabilities of the processor circuitry.