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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Thomas Killian, Westfield, NJ (US);
David Kormann, Morristown, NJ (US);
Christopher Rice, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Norm Schryer, New Providence, NJ (US);
Thomas Killian, Westfield, NJ (US);
David Kormann, Morristown, NJ (US);
Christopher Rice, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Norm Schryer, New Providence, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A management system for a guard chip. The guard chip is adapted to prevent malware communications between a user operating system and an external network without user interaction. The management system comprises an authentication function to authenticate interactions between the guard chip and the management system with each communication, an update function to provide updates to the guard chip without user interaction, and a control function to prevent users control of the guard chip. The management system can comprise an administrator to create the updates.