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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:
Jun. 05, 2007

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2003
Applicants:

Michael F. Angelo, Houston, TX (US);

E David Neufeld, Magnolia, TX (US);

David Heisey, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael F. Angelo, Houston, TX (US);

E David Neufeld, Magnolia, TX (US);

David Heisey, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing security for a computer system, which includes generating a request for a file. The request is received at a dedicated security processor, where the dedicated security processor may access the file to validate the requested file. Upon determining that the requested file is valid, the dedicated security processor may provide the requested file to another processor.


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