US Patent 7822966 Extended trusted computing base

Patent 7822966 was granted and assigned to Intel on October, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Intel

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7822966

Patent Inventor Names

Kumar Ranganathan0

Date of Patent

October 26, 2010

Patent Application Number

11985714

Date Filed

November 15, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Michael Pyzocha

Patent abstract

A method, apparatus, and system are provided for extending a trusted computing base (TCB). According to one embodiment, a first level trusted computing base (TCB) is generated having hardware components including a trusted platform module (TPM), and an extended TCB is formed by adding a second level software-based TCB to the first level TCB, and properties associated with the first level TCB are transferred to the second level TCB.