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7412720 Delegated authentication using a generic application-layer network protocol  
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media include receiving a signal representing a request from a remote user for a secure resource residing on a network employing a generic...
7401122 Techniques for providing add-on services for an email system  
A method for providing add-on services responsive to an email transferred via a distributed computer network. The method includes receiving via the distributed computer network the email at an...
7395324 Method and apparatus for maintaining a computer system  
In various embodiments of the invention, a server monitors a network for a startup message from a client computer as appropriate. The server may include a computer application that generates...
7386713 On-chip security method and apparatus  
A boot method an apparatus arc described which reduce the likelihood of a security breach in a mobile device, preferably in a situation where a reset has been initiated. A predetermined security...
7376974 Apparatus and method for creating a trusted environment  
A computer apparatus for creating a trusted environment comprising a trusted device arranged to acquire a first integrity metric to allow determination as to whether the computer apparatus is...
7328340 Methods and apparatus to provide secure firmware storage and service access  
Methods and apparatus to provide secure firmware storage and service access are disclosed. One example method may include receiving a request to execute an instruction in a pre-boot environment,...
7315962 Managing boot errors  
A system ( 100 ) and a method ( 500 ) for managing boot errors. When errors occur during boot, the errors may be recorded in non-volatile storage ( 115 ). The errors in the non-volatile storage (...
EP1459153B1 SECURE BOOTING OF CHIP DEVICES  
Abstract not available for EP1459153
7246230 Single sign-on over the internet using public-key cryptography  
A computer program product, apparatus, and method for use in an authentication server for obtaining access to a secure server for a client that has issued a request for access to the secure server,...
7236455 Communications between modules of a computing apparatus  
A computing apparatus comprises a plurality of hardware modules ( 102,104,106 ) and a shared communication infrastructure ( 110 ) by which the modules can communicate with each other in the usual...
7181723 Methods and apparatus for stride profiling a software application  
Methods and an apparatus for stride profiling a software application are disclosed. An example system uses a hardware performance counter to report instruction addresses and data addresses...
7174463 Method and system for preboot user authentication  
A method for authentication in a computer system includes registering a biometric template in the computer system, thereafter, verifying the authenticity of the registered biometric template and...
7159210 Performing secure and insecure computing operations in a compartmented operating system  
A process 23 runs directly on a host operating system 22 , until the process 23 attempts an operation which can affect security of the host operating system 22 (such as loading a kernel...
7107440 Methods and apparatus to modify alternate storage in a pre-boot environment  
Methods and apparatus to modify alternate storage are disclosed. In an example, a method includes receiving an interface from a device in the pre-boot environment, wherein the interface identifies...
7103762 Using a cache and data transfer methodology to control real-time process data in a PXE pre-boot manufacturing environment  
A method and system for caching and moving the required real-time, processing unit specific data (including boot image selection) among isolated servers in a pre-boot environment is disclosed. A...
7082526 Mechanism for intuitively invoking one or more auxiliary programs during a computer booting process  
In a computer booting process, a basic input-output system (BIOS) causes one or more auxiliary programs to be automatically executed. By doing so, the BIOS transfers control of the booting process...
7076655 Multiple trusted computing environments with verifiable environment identities  
A host computing platform 20 provides one or more computing environments 24 and includes a trusted device 213 arranged to form an integrity metric individual to each computing environment ...
7062550 Software-implemented method for identifying nodes on a network  
A method and apparatus for a node on a network to transmit identifying information about itself, typically in the course of an audit of the hardware and/or software that are present on the network....
6988250 Trusted computing platform using a trusted device assembly  
In a computing platform, a trusted hardware device ( 24 ) is added to the motherboard ( 20 ). The trusted hardware device ( 24 ) is configured to acquire an integrity metric, for example a hash of...
6981277 Apparatus and method for conducting non-authentication task using workstation authentication system  
An apparatus and method for conducting non-authentication tasks using an authentication system of a workstation. A task module configured to conduct a non-authentication task is loaded to an...
6836792 Techniques for providing add-on services for an email system  
A method for providing add-on services responsive to an email transferred via a distributed computer network. The method includes receiving via the distributed computer network the email at an...
6823464 Method of providing enhanced security in a remotely managed computer system  
Authentication of an entity remotely managing a data processing system is enabled to allow changes by the remote entity to hard-locked critical security information normally accessible only during...
6810478 System for remote booting of muntliple operating systems using chained bootstrap mechanism in a network  
A chained bootstrap that is identified on a Boot Image Negotiation Layer (BINL) server and which is specified as the default bootstrap for the remote booting of client machines without regard to...
6734864 Re-generating a displayed image  
The present invention is a method and apparatus to re-generate a displayed image. Graphic information is retrieved from a first storage. A graphic controller uses the graphic information to...
6728886 Distributed virus scanning arrangements and methods therefor  
Detecting viruses that may be transferred between a distributed computer network, such as the Internet, and a host computer. A host computer performs its own virus scanning on data, using...
6725377 Method and system for updating anti-intrusion software  
A method and system for updating anti-intrusion software is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a computer program product updates anti-intrusion software on a computer network which has an...
6715043 Method and system for providing memory-based device emulation  
The present invention is a method and system for accessing at least one emulated readable storage in a processor-based system. The system comprises a memory for storing instruction sequences by...
6678833 Protection of boot block data and accurate reporting of boot block contents  
In one embodiment, an integrated circuit device comprises a trusted platform module and a boot block memory unit covered by a common package. The boot block memory unit is in communication with the...
6647494 System and method for checking authorization of remote configuration operations  
The present invention provides a system and method for checking authorization of remote configuration operations. The method comprises generating a request credential manifest to request an update...
EP1345124A1 Managing boot errors  
A system (100) and a method (500) for managing boot errors. When errors occur during boot, the errors may be recorded in non-volatile storage (115). The errors in the non-volatile storage (115) may...
6622179 Method and apparatus for providing content on a computer system based on usage profile  
A method and apparatus for determining a computer system usage profile, and transmitting the computer system usage profile to a server which targets content to the computer system in response to...
6578142 Method and apparatus for automatically installing and configuring software on a computer  
A method including copying a first application from a first non-volatile memory to a second non-volatile memory and setting the first application to be a start-up application. The method further...
6564318 Method and apparatus for execution of an application during computer pre-boot operation and post-boot under normal OS control  
A special BIOS includes a program application manager (PAM) and a file system structure (FSS) that points to addresses on a mass storage device (MSD) for an application and at least one...
6560702 Method and apparatus for execution of an application during computer pre-boot operation  
A special BIOS includes a program application manager (PAM) and a file system structure (FSS) that points to addresses on a mass storage device (MSD) for an application and at least one...
EP0838753B1 Method and apparatus for initializing a device  
Abstract of EP0838753 The present specification describes a system for rebooting a computer 24 having a volatile memory device 30,32 capable of storing operating information. The system reboots...
6542160 Re-generating a displayed image  
The present invention is a method and apparatus to re-generate a displayed image. Graphic information is retrieved from a first storage. A graphic controller uses the graphic information to...
6519659 Method and system for transferring an application program from system firmware to a storage device  
One aspect of the invention is a method and system for accessing at least one storage element in a processor-based system. The system comprises a memory for storing instruction sequences by which...
6487656 System and method for providing functionalities to system BIOS  
The present invention is a method and apparatus to provide functionalities to a system BIOS. The method comprises interfacing an interface module to the system BIOS, and receiving a request from...
6486883 Apparatus and method for updating images stored in non-volatile memory  
A method and apparatus is described in which a firmware causes display of a graphical screen with various images that are stored in a non-volatile memory wherein the images may be selectively...
6477648 Trusted workstation in a networked client/server computing system  
A trusted workstation includes a network interface card (NIC) with trusted computing base (TCB) extensions that provide for securely booting the workstation and performing subsequent receive and...
6477642 Method and apparatus for extending BIOS control of screen display beyond operating system boot process  
A method and apparatus for extending basic input output system (BIOS) control of the display screen beyond the loading of the operating system is described. In one embodiment, the BIOS, during...
6473855 Method and apparatus for providing content on a computer system based on usage profile  
A method and apparatus for determining a computer system usage profile, and transmitting the computer system usage profile to a server which targets content to the computer system in response to...
6463535 System and method for verifying the integrity and authorization of software before execution in a local platform  
A method to verify integrity of information and selectively determine whether the information is authorized to be executed by the platform. The information is downloaded to a platform operating in...
6457122 Fault tolerant process for the delivery of programs to writeable storage device utilizing pre-operating system software/firmware  
A method and apparatus for installing programs on a writeable storage device in a fault tolerant manner is described. A processor readable medium having instructions causes a processor to write at...
6453469 Method and apparatus to automatically deinstall an application module when not functioning  
A method and apparatus for automatically installing a target application module and de-installing the target application module if it fails to execute or function properly is described. In one...
6449682 System and method for inserting one or more files onto mass storage  
The present invention relates to a system and method for inserting one or more files onto a mass storage device during a boot sequence. The method includes loading a content module containing at...
6438750 Determining loading time of an operating system  
The present invention is a method and apparatus to determine loading time of an operating system in a computer system. A basic input and output system (BIOS) retrieves a first time value from a...
6405309 Method and apparatus for creating and deploying smaller Microsoft Windows applications for automatic configuration of a computing device  
A method including creating an executable program in accordance with a Windows Control Panel Language (CPL) format; storing the executable program in a first non-volatile memory; transferring the...
6401208 Method for BIOS authentication prior to BIOS execution  
A cryptographic device is implemented in communication with a host processor to prevent the host processor from performing a standard boot-up procedure until a basic input output system (BIOS) code...
6401202 Multitasking during BIOS boot-up  
The present invention is a method and apparatus to perform multitasking in a basic input and output system (BIOS). Interrupt signals are enabled at predetermined interrupt times. A first task is...
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