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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:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2005
Howard C. Herbert, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David W. Grawrock, Aloha, OR (US);
Carl M. Ellison, Portland, OR (US);
Roger A. Golliver, Beaverton, OR (US);
Derrick C. Lin, Foster City, CA (US);
Francis X. Mckeen, Portland, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Ken Reneris, Wilbraham, MA (US);
James A. Sutton, Portland, OR (US);
Shreekant S. Thakkar, Portland, OR (US);
Millind Mittal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Howard C. Herbert, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David W. Grawrock, Aloha, OR (US);
Carl M. Ellison, Portland, OR (US);
Roger A. Golliver, Beaverton, OR (US);
Derrick C. Lin, Foster City, CA (US);
Francis X. McKeen, Portland, OR (US);
Gilbert Neiger, Portland, OR (US);
Ken Reneris, Wilbraham, MA (US);
James A. Sutton, Portland, OR (US);
Shreekant S. Thakkar, Portland, OR (US);
Millind Mittal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of attestation involves a special mode of operation. The method comprises storing an audit log within protected memory of a platform. The audit log is a listing of data representing one or more software modules loaded into the platform. The audit log is retrieved from the protected memory in response to receiving an attestation request. Then, the retrieved audit log is digitally signed to produce a digital signature in response to the attestation request.