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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:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Gyan Prakash, Beaverton, OR (US);
Mousumi M. Hazra, Beaverton, OR (US);
Selim Aissi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jasmeet Chhabra, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Gyan Prakash, Beaverton, OR (US);
Mousumi M. Hazra, Beaverton, OR (US);
Selim Aissi, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jasmeet Chhabra, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus enabling a computing system to deter or thwart unauthorized boot-up from peripheral devices are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a monitoring module and a managing module are employed cooperating with each other to authorize users in booting up the computing system from peripheral devices.