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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Joseph Wayne Freeman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Dale Goodman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric Richard Kern, Durham, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel, NC (US);
Daryl Carvis Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
Joseph Wayne Freeman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Dale Goodman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric Richard Kern, Durham, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A method, system and computer readable medium containing programming instructions for detecting a tamper event in a computer system having an embedded security system (ESS), a trusted operating system, and a plurality of devices is disclosed. The method, system and computer readable medium of the present invention provide for receiving a tamper signal in the ESS, and locking the tamper signal in the ESS. According to the method, system and computer readable medium of the present invention, the trusted operating system is capable of detecting the tamper signal in the ESS.