Patents by Inventor Mudhukar Tallam

Mudhukar Tallam 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).

  • Method and Apparatus to Re-create trust model after sleep state
    Publication number: 20080244292
    Abstract: A processing system features random access memory (RAM), a processor, and a trusted platform module (TPM). When the processing system enters a sleep mode during which the RAM is to stay powered, the processing system may measuring a VMM and one or more secure VMs in the processing system. However, the processing system may not measure or encrypt all of system memory. Upon resuming from sleep, the processing system may verify the measurements, to ensure that the VMM and secure VMs have not been tampered with. Other steps may include sealing encryption keys to the TPM, while preserving the blobs in memory. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Alok Kumar, Minal B. Patel, Kuo-Lang Tseng, Ramesh M. Thomas, Mudhukar Tallam, Aneet Chopra, Ned M. Smith, David W. Grawrock, David Champagne