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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Nagrastar Llc, Englewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

William Michael Beals, Englewood, CO (US);

Nicolas Fischer, Versoix, CH;

Benjamin Brian Ellis, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:

Nagrastar, LLC, Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/71 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/71 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2143 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments described herein relate to apparatus for executing software in a secure computing environment. A secure processor can be used and configured to request a context swap from a first context to a second context when switching execution from a first portion of software to a second portion of software. A context manager, which can be in communication with the secure processor, can be configured to receive and initiate a requested context swap. A trust vector verifier, which can be in communication with the secure processor and the context manager, can be configured to load a trust vector descriptor upon command from a context manager.


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