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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Michael Neve DE Mevergnies, Beaverton, OR (US);

Knut S. Grimsrud, Forest Grove, OR (US);

Sergiu D. Ghetie, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Prasun Ratn, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Shahrokh Shahidzadeh, Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Michael Neve De Mevergnies, Beaverton, OR (US);

Knut S. Grimsrud, Forest Grove, OR (US);

Sergiu D. Ghetie, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Prasun Ratn, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Shahrokh Shahidzadeh, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 11/1415 (2013.01); G06F 17/30289 (2013.01); G06F 21/445 (2013.01); G06F 21/568 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 21/79 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are apparatus, system, and method for providing memory access control to protect software (e.g., firmware backup) and other data. The method comprises providing, by a processor, a protected storage area in a memory for storing backup image of software; detecting corruption in the software; accessing the backup image of the software from the protected storage area; and updating the corrupted software using the backup image, wherein the protected storage area is a reserved storage area of the memory.


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