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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185734 | System and method for execution of a secured environment initialization instruction A method and apparatus for initiating secure operations in a microprocessor system is described. In one embodiment, one initiating logical processor initiates the process by halting the execution of the other logical processors, and then loading initialization and s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185735 | System and method for lost data destruction of electronic data stored on portable electronic devices A data security system and method protects stored data from unauthorized access. According to one aspect of the invention, a client computing device communicates periodically with a server. If communications is note established between the client and the server for ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181021 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic commerce including secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers employed in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that informa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181020 | System and method for securely storing firmware A mechanism for creating and accessing a secure storage area for firmware that stores a “Virtual ROM” module reference or pointer in the actual ROM that includes a unique identifier for the virtual ROM module to be retrieved is discussed. The actual ROM image al... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166294 | Cryptographic framework A method for processing a request for a cryptographic function that includes calling into a user-level encryption framework to process the request, wherein calling into the encryption framework comprises sending the request from a user-level application, and process... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161280 | Launching a secure kernel in a multiprocessor system In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes verifying a master processor of a system; validating a trusted agent with the master processor if the master processor is verified; and launching the trusted agent on a plurality of processors of the syst... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145902 | Methods and apparatus for secure processor collaboration in a multi-processor system In a multi-processor system including a plurality of processors capable of being operatively coupled to the main memory and each processor including an associated local memory, and at least one main processor operable to control access by the processors to data with... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145903 | Method and system for a kernel lock validator An embodiment relates generally to a method of preventing resource access conflicts in a software component. The method includes intercepting a lock operation in the software component and testing an associated lock type of the lock operation against a set of rules.... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132001 | Secure telephony service appliance Secure telephony service appliances are created from computing devices. The computing devices have restricted access to their hardware and software. The computing devices perform VOP functions to other devices such as phones, modems, and adapters. Security vulnerabi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132002 | Fast system call method A method of a fast system call is provided. First, a logical operation to compute a kernel service routine is used. Then the logical operation result is compared with ciphertext from a key register. At least one input for the logical operation is from the relevant i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132003 | Secure platform voucher service for software components within an execution environment Embodiments of apparatus, articles, methods, and systems for secure platform voucher service for software components within an execution environment are generally described herein. An embodiment includes the ability for a Virtual Machine Monitor, Operating System Mo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127131 | System and method for efficient security domain translation and data transfer A mobile UE includes a CPU, a secure DMA module, a secure cryptographic module, secure memory, and non-secure memory. The secure cryptographic module and secure memory allow access only by secure processes, including the secure DMA module. The CPU manages cryptograp... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122248 | Preventing unauthorized distribution of media content within a global network One embodiment of the invention is a method for providing media content while preventing its unauthorized distribution. The method includes transmitting from a client to an administrative node a request for delivery of an instance of media content (IMC); determining... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117441 | Integrating security protection tools with computer device integrity and privacy policy At computer device power on, the operating system of the computer device initiates a monitor. The monitor assigns a monitoring program to each program and object (collectively, “program”) running on the computer device to monitor the activities of the program. W... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112625 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099596 | System and method for malware protection using virtualization Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for protecting applications deployed on a host computer from malware using virtualization. An exemplary malware protection system may include a kernel-level driver configured to intercept system calls addr... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086852 | Providing a trusted platform module in a hypervisor environment A method is presented for implementing a trusted computing environment within a data processing system. A hypervisor is initialized within the data processing system, and the hypervisor supervises a plurality of logical, partitionable, runtime environments within th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082442 | Securely sharing applications installed by unprivileged users In one embodiment of this invention, a computer system performs a method for securely sharing applications installed by unprivileged users. The method involves the computer system receiving a user associated command from a user of the computer system. A previous app... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8065522 | Method and system for virtualization of trusted platform modules A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product is presented for virtualizing trusted platform modules within a data processing system. A virtual trusted platform module along with a virtual endorsement key is created within a physical trusted platf... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065521 | Secure processor architecture for use with a digital rights management (DRM) system on a computing device A secure processor is operable in normal and preferred modes, and includes a security kernel instantiated when the processor enters into preferred mode and a security key accessible by the security kernel during preferred mode. The security kernel employs the access... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8037304 | System and method for lost data destruction of electronic data stored on portable electronic devices A data security system and method protects stored data from unauthorized access. According to one aspect of the invention, a client computing device communicates periodically with a server. If communications is note established between the client and the server for ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032745 | Authentication of IC bus transactions This invention enables authenticated communications (transactions) to take place on a standard I2C bus without requiring modification of existing I2C devices. Read and write transactions occurring on the bus are authenticated using an Authentic... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028164 | Practical and secure storage encryption The present invention relates to an electronic device (301) in which acceleration of data processing operations is provided, the device comprising a secure execution environment to which access is controlled. A basic idea of the present invention is to provid... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024296 | Method and apparatus for agent-less auditing of server A method and apparatus for agent-less auditing of a server, wherein the apparatus processes data for auditing a server. One or more portions of audit information (e.g., transaction log, trace log, or both) are coupled from a target server to an information server. T... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024564 | Automating configuration of software applications A solution is proposed for populating a policy file in a Java environment automatically. For this purpose, there is provided a wrapper for a security manager in charge of controlling any access to protected resources. A generic Java application is run in a test envi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024563 | Programming interface for a kernel level SSL proxy A system for processing encrypted SSL sessions includes a web application, a secure sockets layer socket, a TCP/IP stack network layer device. The secure sockets layer socket is coupled between the web application and the TCP/IP stack network layer device. The syste... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010788 | Program security through stack segregation For each process a stack data structure that includes two stacks, which are joined at their bases, is created. The two stacks include a normal stack, which grows downward, and an inverse stack, which grows upward. Items on the stack data structure are segregated int... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006087 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001374 | Memory encryption for digital video A method for protecting data between a circuit and a memory is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a particular address among a plurality of addresses for accessing a particular area among a plurality of areas in the memory, (B) dete... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996671 | Security of program executables and microprocessors based on compiler-architecture interaction A method, for use in a processor context, wherein instructions in a program executable are encoded with plural instruction set encodings. A method wherein a control instruction encoded with an instruction set encoding contains information about decoding of an instru... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971057 | Exclusive access for secure audio program Executing a monitor on a platform, the monitor capable of providing exclusive, secure access to an audio I/O device of the platform, executing a first partition on the platform, providing an audio device model in the first partition by directly mapping the audio I/O... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7971056 | Direct memory access for compliance checking A computer is configured for either full operation with metering or limited mode operation. When in limited mode operation, the system memory may be partitioned into active and restricted memory. The active memory may be limited to an amount needed to execute a limi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7958102 | Method and apparatus for searching a storage system for confidential data Method and apparatus for searching a storage system for confidential data is described. One aspect of the invention relates to searching a computer for confidential data related to user. User information comprising the confidential data is obtained from a digital id... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934091 | Digital asset usage accountability via event journaling A technique for establishing a perimeter of accountability for usage of digital assets such as data files. The accountability model not only tracks authorized users' access to files, but monitors passage of such files to uncontrollable removable storage media or thr... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7921286 | Computer initialization for secure kernel Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement (DRTM) mechanisms can be initiated, not by CPU-manufacturer-specific instructions, but by the execution of code in System Management Mode (SMM) that can modify the values stored in specific Platform Configuration Registers (PCRs... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917750 | Virtual user authentication system and method A virtual user authentication system comprising a virtual machine manager (VMM) communicatively coupled to a user operating system (OS) and a service OS, the VMM configured to receive keystroke input destined for an application executing on the user OS and communica... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917749 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908476 | Virtualization of file system encryption A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for using a virtual file system to encrypt files. The process registers a plurality of file systems on a data processing system with the virtual file system. The virtual file system is enabled to... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7895433 | Security of program executables and microprocessors based on compiler-architecture interaction A method, for use in a processor context, wherein instructions in a program executable are encoded with plural instruction set encodings. A method wherein a control instruction encoded with an instruction set encoding contains information about decoding of an instru... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890754 | Selective encryption system and method for I/O operations Upon occurrence of a trigger condition, writes of allocation units of data (including code) to a device, such as writes of blocks to a disk, are first encrypted. Each allocation unit is preferably a predetermined integral multiple number of minimum I/O units. A data... | 02/15/2011 |
