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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2011
Yinian Mao, San Diego, CA (US);
Anand Palanigounder, San Diego, CA (US);
Qing LI, San Diego, CA (US);
Edward George Tiedemann, Jr., Concord, MA (US);
John Wallace Nasielski, San Diego, CA (US);
Yinian Mao, San Diego, CA (US);
Anand Palanigounder, San Diego, CA (US);
Qing Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Edward George Tiedemann, Jr., Concord, MA (US);
John Wallace Nasielski, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a computer system includes: obtaining, at the computer system, verification-input information associated with each of multiple hardware components of the computer system; cryptographically processing, at the computer system, the verification-input information to obtain a cryptographic result; and determining, at the computer system, whether to allow or inhibit, depending upon a comparison of the cryptographic result with a verification value, further operation of at least one of the hardware components.