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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:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2021
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Angel Nunez Mencias, Stuttgart, DE;

Nicolas Maeding, Holzgerlingen, DE;

Peter Morjan, Boeblingen, DE;

Dirk Herrendoerfer, Sindelfingen, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method for executing an application. The method comprises: executing a bootloader in a trusted execution environment, wherein the executing comprises: decrypting received encrypted secrets using decryption keys of the boot loader, storing the decrypted secrets in a storage accessible by the application, creating a proof record indicating the application, the secrets and the trusted execution environment, storing the proof record in the storage, and deleting the decryption keys. The application may be executed in the trusted execution environment using the decrypted secrets. The proof record may be provided by the application for proving authenticity.


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