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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:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Stefan Thom, Snohomish, WA (US);
Kevin M. Litwack, Seattle, WA (US);
Shon Eizenhoefer, Bothell, WA (US);
Erik L. Holt, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yash Gandhi, Nagpur, IN;
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 2209/127 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are provided to allow remote initialization of a Trusted Platform Module. The results may be trusted and confidential even if the target device has malicious operating system or other software running.