Patents by Inventor DAVID D. DURHAM

DAVID D. DURHAM 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).

  • Crypto-enforced capabilities for isolation
    Patent number: 10706164
    Abstract: Apparatuses for computing are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors, a memory, and a compiler to be operated by the one or more processors to compile a computer program. The compiler may include one or more analyzers to parse and analyze source code of the computer program that generates pointers or de-references pointers. The compiler may also include a code generator coupled to the one or more analyzers to generate executable instructions for the source code of the computer program including insertion of additional encryption or decryption executable instructions into the computer program, based at least in part on a result of the analysis, to authenticate memory access operations of the source code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael LeMay, David D. Durham, Mingwei Zhang, Vedvyas Shanbhogue
  • CRYPTO-ENFORCED CAPABILITIES FOR ISOLATION
    Publication number: 20190102567
    Abstract: Apparatuses for computing are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors, a memory, and a compiler to be operated by the one or more processors to compile a computer program. The compiler may include one or more analyzers to parse and analyze source code of the computer program that generates pointers or de-references pointers. The compiler may also include a code generator coupled to the one or more analyzers to generate executable instructions for the source code of the computer program including insertion of additional encryption or decryption executable instructions into the computer program, based at least in part on a result of the analysis, to authenticate memory access operations of the source code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: MICHAEL LEMAY, DAVID D. DURHAM, MINGWEI ZHANG, VEDVYAS SHANBHOGUE