Patents by Inventor John R. Lindsley

John R. Lindsley 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).

  • Patent number: 10146657
    Abstract: Platform controller, computer-readable storage media, and methods associated with initialization of a computing device. In embodiments, a platform controller may comprise a boot controller and one or more non-volatile memory modules, coupled with the boot controller. In embodiments, the one or more non-volatile memory modules may have first instructions and second instructions stored thereon. The first instructions may, when executed by a processor of a computing device hosting the platform controller, cause initialization of the computing device. The second instructions, when executed by the boot controller, may cause the boot controller to monitor at least a portion of the execution of the first instructions by the computing device and may generate a trace of the monitored portion of the execution of the first instructions. In embodiments, the trace may be stored in the one or more non-volatile memory modules. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, C. Brendan Traw, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Mahesh S. Natu, Dimitrios Ziakas, Robert W. Cone, Madhusudhan Rangarajan, Babak Nikjou, Kirk D. Brannock, Russell J. Wunderlich, Miles F. Schwartz, Stephen S. Pawlowski
  • Patent number: 9781117
    Abstract: Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Daniel Nemiroff, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Robert W. Cone, Malay Trivedi, Piotr Kwidzinski
  • Publication number: 20160323284
    Abstract: Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Daniel Nemiroff, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Robert W. Cone, Malay Trivedi, Piotr Kwidzinski
  • Patent number: 9413765
    Abstract: Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Daniel Nemiroff, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Robert W. Cone, Malay Trivedi, Piotr Kwidzinski
  • Publication number: 20150278068
    Abstract: Platform controller, computer-readable storage media, and methods associated with initialization of a computing device. In embodiments, a platform controller may comprise a boot controller and one or more non-volatile memory modules, coupled with the boot controller. In embodiments, the one or more non-volatile memory modules may have first instructions and second instructions stored thereon. The first instructions may, when executed by a processor of a computing device hosting the platform controller, cause initialization of the computing device. The second instructions, when executed by the boot controller, may cause the boot controller to monitor at least a portion of the execution of the first instructions by the computing device and may generate a trace of the monitored portion of the execution of the first instructions. In embodiments, the trace may be stored in the one or more non-volatile memory modules. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, C. Brendan Traw, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Mahesh S. Natu, Dimitrios Ziakas, Robert W. Cone, Madhusudhan Rangarajan, Babak Nikjou, Kirk D. Brannock, Russell J. Wunderlich, Miles F. Schwartz, Stephen S. Pawlowski
  • Publication number: 20150281237
    Abstract: Embodiments of multinode hubs for trust operations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multinode hub may include a plurality of memory regions, a trapping module, and a trusted platform module (TPM) component. Each memory region may be associated with and receive trust operation data from a coherent computing node. The trapping module may generate trap notifications in response to accesses to the plurality of memory regions by the associated coherent computing nodes. The trap notifications may indicate which of the plurality of memory locations has been accessed, and the TPM component may process the trust operation data in a memory region indicated by a trap notification. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Daniel Nemiroff, Vincent J. Zimmer, Mallik Bulusu, John R. Lindsley, Robert W. Cone, Malay Trivedi, Piotr Kwidzinski