Patents by Inventor Jacek Peszek

Jacek Peszek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Extensible pre-boot authentication
    Patent number: 8909940
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for obtaining a pre-boot authentication (PBA) image from a non-volatile storage that is configured with full disk encryption (FDE), and storing the PBA image in a memory. Then a callback protocol can be performed between a loader executing on an engine of a chipset and an integrity checker of a third party that provided the PBA image to confirm integrity of the PBA image, the PBA image is executed if the integrity is confirmed, and otherwise it is deleted. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jacek Peszek, Ned M. Smith, Vincent J. Zimmer, Victoria C. Moore, Alberto J. Martinez
  • Extensible Pre-Boot Authentication
    Publication number: 20110138166
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for obtaining a pre-boot authentication (PBA) image from a non-volatile storage that is configured with full disk encryption (FDE), and storing the PBA image in a memory. Then a callback protocol can be performed between a loader executing on an engine of a chipset and an integrity checker of a third party that provided the PBA image to confirm integrity of the PBA image, the PBA image is executed if the integrity is confirmed, and otherwise it is deleted. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Jacek Peszek, Ned M. Smith, Vincent J. Zimmer, Victoria C. Moore, Alberto J. Martinez