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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2008
Applicants:

Bernard D. Desselle, Spring, TX (US);

Mark A. Piwonka, Tomball, TX (US);

Jose a Sancho-dominguez, Tomball, TX (US);

Inventors:

Bernard D. Desselle, Spring, TX (US);

Mark A. Piwonka, Tomball, TX (US);

Jose A Sancho-Dominguez, Tomball, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/81 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0646 (2013.01); G06F 21/81 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2143 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); Y10S 257/922 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of clearing system resources are disclosed. One example method includes the step of detecting a failure to clear a secure portion of a system resource in a device. The method also includes the step of powering off the system resource for a period of power-off time that is sufficient to clear data from the system resource, where the power off is responsive to the failure detection. The method also includes the step of unlocking the secure portion of the system resource, where the unlock is responsive to the period of power-off time having elapsed.


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