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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:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Jacek Peszek, Gdynia, PL;
Ned M. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Victoria C. Moore, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Alberto J. Martinez, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Jacek Peszek, Gdynia, PL;
Ned M. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Victoria C. Moore, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Alberto J. Martinez, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for obtaining a pre-boot authentication (PBA) image from a non-volatile storage that is configured with full disk encryption (FDE), and storing the PBA image in a memory. Then a callback protocol can be performed between a loader executing on an engine of a chipset and an integrity checker of a third party that provided the PBA image to confirm integrity of the PBA image, the PBA image is executed if the integrity is confirmed, and otherwise it is deleted. Other embodiments are described and claimed.