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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:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Michael F. Angelo, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas J. Bonola, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael F. Angelo, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas J. Bonola, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A secure boot environment may be provided that includes a secure memory isolated but accessible to a coupled processing device. The secure memory may store and provide boot strap instruction to the processing device. In addition, a authentication system may be provided to ensure secure access to the secure memory.