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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2011
Applicants:

Ian Robertson, Waterloo, CA;

Roger Paul Bowman, Kitchener, CA;

Robert Henderson Wood, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Ian Robertson, Waterloo, CA;

Roger Paul Bowman, Kitchener, CA;

Robert Henderson Wood, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/72 (2013.01); G06F 9/22 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04W 12/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/72 (2013.01); G06F 9/22 (2013.01); G06F 17/30477 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Augmented processor hardware contains a microcode interpreter. When encrypted microcode is included in a message from a service, the microcode may be passed to the microcode interpreter. Based on decryption and execution of the microcode taking place at the processor hardware, extended functionality may be realized.


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