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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:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Applicant:
Jeff B. Forristal, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventor:
Jeff B. Forristal, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 11/3024 (2013.01); G06F 11/3031 (2013.01); G06F 11/3041 (2013.01); G06F 11/3055 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving an integrity request in a device of a computer system from a software entity external to the device, performing a measurement of firmware of the device using an integrity measurement logic of the device, analyzing a plurality of pointer structures of the device to determine whether a potential security violation exists, and sending the measurement and a status report regarding the analysis to the software entity. Other embodiments are described and claimed.