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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Stefan Thom, Snohomish, WA (US);
Robert Karl Spiger, Seattle, WA (US);
David R. Wooten, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A trusted platform module stores information in a protected object having an associated policy. A program requesting access to the information is allowed to access the information if the policy is satisfied, and is denied access to the information if the policy is not satisfied. The trusted platform module uses one or more monotonic counters associated with the protected object to track attempts to access the information. If a threshold number of unsuccessful requests to access the information are received, then the trusted platform module locks the information to prevent the program from accessing the information for an indefinite amount of time.