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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:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2001
Applicants:
William E. Cammack, Dallas, TX (US);
Jason Douglas Kridner, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
William E. Cammack, Dallas, TX (US);
Jason Douglas Kridner, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A secure bootloader for securing software and systems in a digital deviceby ensuring only encrypted and authenticated boot software is loaded and executed in the digital device. The encrypted boot software is read into the deviceand authenticated. If the boot software is not authenticated, then the digital devicedoes not boot.