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Title: Securing non-volatile memory regions

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1093268

Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to secure non-volatile memory regions are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises associating a first key pair and a second key pair different than the first key pair with a process, using the first key pair to secure a first region of a non-volatile memory for the process, and using the second key pair to secure a second region of the non-volatile memory for the same process, the second region being different than the first region.

Research Organization:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. (Houston, TX)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0005026
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. (Houston, TX)
Patent Number(s):
8,516,271
Application Number:
13/046,381
OSTI ID:
1093268
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Secure video card methods and systems patent February 2008
System and method for secure storage data using a key patent October 2008
Microprocessor with program and data protection function under multi-task environment patent March 2010
Microprocessor with program and data protection function under multi-task environment patent June 2006
Boot blocks for software patent May 2009

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