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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:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Louis B. Hobson, Tomball, TX (US);
Wael M. Ibrahim, Cypress, TX (US);
Manuel Novoa, Cypress, TX (US);
Inventors:
Louis B. Hobson, Tomball, TX (US);
Wael M. Ibrahim, Cypress, TX (US);
Manuel Novoa, Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/442 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2143 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer system is provided, the computer system having a processor and a system memory coupled to the processor. The computer system also includes a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) in communication with the processor. The BIOS selectively scrubs the system memory during a shutdown process of the computer system.