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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:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Andrew Dellow, Gloucester, GB;
Mark Owen Homewood, North Somerset, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew Dellow, Gloucester, GB;
Mark Owen Homewood, North Somerset, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Limited, Bristol, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for verifying the authenticity of instructions retrieved from a memory for execution by a processor. In one embodiment, an instruction monitor monitors execution parameters associated with the retrieved instruction and resets the system in response to an indication that an instruction is not authentic.