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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Wallace B. Harwood, III, Austin, TX (US);
James B. Eifert, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas R. Toms, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for performing access censorship in a data processing system ( ). In one embodiment, a digital data processing system ( ) has a sub-system ( ) that can be protected against intrusions, yet is still accessible and/or alterable under certain defined conditions. In a non-volatile storage portion ( ) of the data processing system ( ), censorship information is stored to enable an access control mechanism. Access control information ( ) to selectively disable the access control mechanism is programmably generated. Additional access control information ( ) can be employed to reprogram a data processing system ( ) containing access protected data in a secure mode.