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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:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Dwight L. Barron, Houston, TX (US);
E David Neufeld, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin M. Jones, Houston, TX (US);
Jonathan Bradshaw, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Dwight L. Barron, Houston, TX (US);
E David Neufeld, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin M. Jones, Houston, TX (US);
Jonathan Bradshaw, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of protecting data in a computer system against attack from viruses and worms comprising; modifying micro-code of a processor of system to be protected to remove homogeneity between processors from a manufacturer; modifying op-codes of an application to match modified micro-code of the processor prior to execution.